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Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter
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They army arrived
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Lincoln ordered General Irvin to lead his army from the Union capital
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a spark occurred at Fort Sumter
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Grant led an assault force into Tennessee
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ironclad sailed into Hampton Roads
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rebels sprang on Grant's sleepy camp
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McClellan launched an effort to capture Richmond
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Confederate army came under the command of Robert Lee
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Confederate soldiers began crossing into Maryland
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two armies met along Antietam Creek in Maryland
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Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
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Lee cut across northern Maryland into southern Pennsylvania
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riots broke out when African Americans were brought into New York
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Atlanta fell to Sherman's troops