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The Civil War Begins!
At 4:30 a.m. General Pierre Beauregard opened fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. -
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Fort Sumter's Attack !
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Lincoln asks..
President Lincoln asks for 75,000 army men to fight. -
North and South
Virginia secedes from the North (Union) followed by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, which is forming an eleven state Confederacy with a population of 9 million, including nearly 4 million slaves. The Union will soon have 21 states and a population of over 20 million. -
President Lincoln...
Proclamation of Blockade against the Southern ports. For the duration of the war the blockade ha the South to stay well supplied in its war against the North. -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E Lee. resigns his commission to the Union Army. Lee moves to Richmond, Virginia and is offered the commander of the Military and the Navel forces of Virgina and accepts. -
Lincoln's Speech
Lincoln has a speech to the congress about the war. Then the congress authorizes the call for 500,000 men for war.