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Civil War Timeline Reiser
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Abraham Lincoln is nominated as Republican presidential candidate
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Stephen Douglass is nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
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Abraham Lincoln elected as 16th President
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The South Carolina convention votes 159 - 0 for secession.
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South Carolina suceeds from the Union
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Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederacy
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The Confederates fire on Fort Sumter
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Robert E. Lee becomes commander of Virginia forces
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The Battle of Bull Run
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General McClellan is apointed general of the Union army
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Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as President of the Confederacy
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The Battle of Williamsburg
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Lincoln signs a law prohibiing slavery in the western territories
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Capture of Harper's Ferry
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The Battle of Antietam
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The Emancipation Proclamation is signed
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West Virginia joins the Union
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The Battle of Gettysburg
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Draft riots in New York
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Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Adress
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US Grant promoted to Lieutenant General
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Maryland abolishes slavery
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General McClellan is nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate
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Chief Justice Roger B. Taney dies
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Lincoln is elected to a second term
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The thirteenth amendment is passed
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Lincoln is inaugurated for his second term
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General Lee surrenders to US Grant at the Appomattox Court House
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Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
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The Thirteenth Amendment becomes part of the constitution
