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South Carolina secedes from the Union
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Fort Sumter is fired upon and surrenders to Confederate forces
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Upper south secedes
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South wins first battle of Bull run
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Rest of the South secedes
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Grant Captures fort henry and donelson
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South wins 2nd battle of bull run
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Lee defeats union army at Fredericksburg
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Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation of Proclamation
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Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation
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Grant defeats Confederate forces at Chattanooga
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North Gains major victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg
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Lee is victorious at Chancellorsville
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Atlanta falls to Sherman
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Sherman marches through Georgia
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Congress passes 13th amendment which abolishes slavery
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Grant captures Petersburg and Richmond
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Lincoln is assassinated
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Remaining confederate forces surrender
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Lee surrenders at Appomattox
