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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union
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the rest of the Deep SOuth follows in South Carolina's fotsteps and decides to secede
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A majority of the Upper South decides to secede from the Union and join the Confederate war for independence
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The Sothern army in Charleston opens fire on Ft. Sumter when Lincoln tried to send supplies to the soldiers. First attack of the Civil War and it formally begins the war after the Union soldiers were forced to surrender
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The SOuthwins their first battle of the Civil War after being led by Stonewall Jackson
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Ulysses S. Grant took control of forts Henry and Donelson
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Farragut captures New Orleans after he fought and won a battle against the South
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The South wins another decisive battle at Bull Run against the Union army
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McClellan defeats Lee at battle of Antietam, which was known as the single bloodiest day in the entire war
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Lee defeats the Union army at Fredericksburg which became one of there main wins in the war, however, they would eventually lose the war
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The emancipation proclamation issued that any SOuthern area that was captured by the Union would release all the slaves and they would then become free, many had joined the Union army though
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These battles are considered the turning points of the war because the North sent the South back to Virginia and took over the Mississippi River
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Grant defeats Confederate forces at Chatanooga, further giving the North theability to win the war
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Grant and Lee fight numerous times in Northern Virginia with Grant winning and pushing Lee and his forces further back into the South
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Sherman begins his march to the Sea and on the way, he takes over and burns Atlanta to the grounds
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Lincol is reelected and defeats his former general, Mcclellan
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Sherman marches to the Sea through Georgia, burning everything in his path except for Savannah
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Cogress passes the 13th amendment in which slavery is formally abolished in the entire United States
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While Lincoln was in a theater, John Wilkws Booth came up from behind him and shot him,while Booth died just days later
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After Grant captured Petersburg and the capital, Richmond, Lee surrendered all forces to the Union at Appomattox
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All remaining COnfederate forces surrender to the Union and the war officially has come to a close