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American Civil War

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected President

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    Before the War

  • South Carolina first state to secede

  • Jefferson Davis appointed President of Confederate States

  • Civil War begins at Fort Sumter

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    The War

  • Lincoln orders blockade on Southern ports

  • First battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Shiloh

  • Federals capture New Orleans

  • Battle of Seven Pines

  • Second battle of Bull Run

  • Confederates capture Harpers Ferry

  • Battle of Antientam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Confederates surrender at Vicksburg

  • Gettysburg Address

  • Battle of Chattanooga

  • Battle of the Wilderness

  • Battle of Cold Harbor

  • Seige of Petersburg

  • Battle of Atlanta

  • Lincoln Reelected

  • Shermans march to the sea

  • 13th Amendment Abolishing Slavery passed

  • General Lee abondons Richmond

  • General Lee surrenders to General Grant at Appomatox Courthouse

  • Lincoln assassignated by John Wilkes Booth

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