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President Lincoln issues a public declaration that an insurrection exists and calls for 75,000 militia to stop the rebellion
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Southern forces fire at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The Civil War has begins
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the civil war lasted for 4 years, which included some of the most gruesome battles in american history. Many say that it is the actual first modern war for it took place after the industrial revolution.
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General Lee's first invasion of the north, the battle that was the backbone of the emancipation proclamation.
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General Lee's greatest victory is when he wounded "Stonewall" Jackson, who dies on May 10. Soon after, Lee asks Jefferson Davis for permission to invade the North and take the war out of Virginia.
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Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant attack Confederate defenses outside the city on May 19-22.
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perhaps the bloodiest battle in american history. Ruins general Robert E Lee's hopes for a successful invasion of the North.
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the movie "Glory" is based off of this battle
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General T. Sherman led a path of destruction all the way to the sea scaring civilians into loosing their faith in the confederacy
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The city of Appomattox Court House, Virginia is where general Robert L. Lee (North) surrndered to Ulysses S. Grant (South).
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John Wilkes Booth assassinates Abraham Lincoln while he was watching a play in Fords theater
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This act abolishes all slavery
