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January 1861 -- The South Secedes.
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February 1861 -- The South Creates a Government.
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February 1861 -- The South Seizes Federal Forts.
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March 1861 -- Lincoln's Inauguration.
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July 1861 -- A Blockade of the South
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July 1861 -- First Battle of Bull Run.
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April 1861 -- Attack on Fort Sumter.
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April 1861 -- Four More States Join the Confederacy.
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June 1861 -- West Virginia Is Born.
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June 1861 -- Four Slave States Stay in the Union.
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July 1861 -- General McDowell Is Replaced.
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July 1861 -- General McDowell Is Replaced.
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July 1861 -- General McDowell Is Replaced