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within a short period of time Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas all leave the Union to join the Confederacy.
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The South attacks Fort Sumter South Carolina and starts the war.
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Abraham Lincoln announces the Union Blockade where the Union Navy will attempt to keep supplies from entering or leaving the Confederacy.
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President Lincoln issues an executive order freeing many slaves and laying the groundwork for the Thirteenth Amendment.
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The South is occupied by Federal troops while state governments, economies, and infrastructure are rebuilt.
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General Lee, the leader of the Confederate Army, surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at The Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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While attending the Ford's Theatre, President Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth.
