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President Lincoln and the Mitiamen went the special session Congress.
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Cannons fired upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
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Union troops fall back to Washington. http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
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President Lincoln makes appionts to Commander McClellan to replace McDowell
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The bloodiest day inthe U.S. millitary history some of the soldiers survived but some of them died in the war
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The war to preserve the Union of President Lincoln's issues proclamation http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
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The Civil War started in Chancellorsville to Virginia as an result. The Confederates 13,000 out of 60,000
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The tide of war turns against the south to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg to the Battlefield.
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Gen. William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the west. http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
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As a result, a nine month siege of Petersburg begins with Grant's forces surrounding Lee. http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
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March to the Sea. President Lincoln on advice from Grant approved the idea. "I can make Georgia howl!" Sherman boasts.
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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Doctors attend to the president in the theater. http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
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Over 620,000 Americans died after the Civil War ended.