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By 1860, 30 years after the debut of the steam locomotive, railroads had come to dominate the nation's transportation system and fostered explosive economic growth.
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lincon was elected
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south carolina succeds
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By 1860, little more than two decades after Samuel F.B. Morse patented his electrical telegraph, some 50,000 miles of telegraph line stretched around the country.
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South Carolina calls for a convention on December 17 to decide if the state should secede from the Union
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deagets voted to secede from the uion
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At a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, the seven seceding states created the Confederate Constitution, a document similar to the United States Constitution, but with greater stress on the autonomy of each state. Jefferson Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy until elections could be held.
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the confederacey demanded that the union surrenderd fort sumter
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The confederacey attacked the fort and seized fort sumter.
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To blockade the coast of the Confederacy effectively, the federal navy had to be improved. By July, the effort at improvement had made a difference and an effective blockade had begun. The South responded by building small, fast ships that could outmaneuver Union vessels.
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this award was created in 1862 for the milartery
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The Gatling gun, a hand-powered six-barrel repeater patented in 1862, became the first successful machine gun used in warfare.
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In 1862, the corps set up a covert Secret Service Bureau, which administered an extremely effective intelligence network including agents in Union territory, Canada and Europe.
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In May 1862, Union forces captured Corinth, Mississippi, site of a key railway line running east from Memphis and a strategic hub for the Confederates.
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George McClellan's Army of the Potomac clashed with Robert E. Lee's invading Army of Northern Virginia near Antietam Creek at Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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William T. Sherman began a sustained campaign against Atlanta, a key Confederate railroad and manufacturing center.
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robert e lee defeated Joseph Hooker's Union forces at Chancellorsville
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North was able to equip cavalry and some infantry with newly developed repeating rifles.
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With the Union Army in control of Chattanooga and Vicksburg by the end of 1863, William T. Sherman began a sustained campaign against Atlanta, a key Confederate railroad and manufacturing center.
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In late April 1863, Joseph Hooker led the Army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock River and into the dense woods around Chancellorsville. Leaving a small force at Fredericksburg, Robert E. Lee marched most of his Army of Northern Virginia against the Federals.
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the battle of new hope accures
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Initial Union attacks at Peterburg
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lincon was elected for his second term
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Savannah occupied by Union troops
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sherman begins the march of the sea
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fort fisher falls to the uion forces
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lincon is assainated by john wilks booth
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lincon was inaguerated
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On March 25, General Lee attacked General Grant's forces near Petersburg, but was defeated -- attacking and losing again on April 1. On April 2, Lee evacuated Richmond, the Confederate capital, and headed west to join with other forces.
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Transportation problems and successful blockades caused severe shortages of food and supplies in the South. Starving soldiers began to desert Lee's forces, and although President Jefferson Davis approved the arming of slaves as a means of augmenting the shrinking army, the measure was never put into effect.
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President Johnson vetos the Civil Rights Act of 1866 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional
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The United States declares that a state of peace exists with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
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Winfield Scott dies, West Point, NY
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Connecticut approves the 14th Amendment
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Congress appropriates $100,000 to buy Ford's Theater. It will house the Army Medical Museum, the Office of the Surgeon General and War Department records until 1893
