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South Secudes from north south then creates laws capital and government.
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At Lincoln's inauguration on March 4, the new president said he had no plans to end slavery in those states where it already existed, but he also said he would not accept secession. He hoped to resolve the national crisis without warfare.
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On April 12, the Civil War began with shots fired on the fort. Fort Sumter eventually was surrendered to South Carolina.
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To blockade the Confederacy effectively, the navy had to be improved. By July, the effort had made a blockade.
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McDowell attacked on July 21, and was initially successful, but the introduction of Confederate reinforcements resulted in a Southern victory.
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On January 27, President Lincoln issued a war order.
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Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, in the Shenandoah Valley, attacked Union forces in late March, forcing them to retreat across the Potomac.
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On April 6, Confederate forces attacked Union forces. 13,000 out of 63,000 Union soldiers died, and 11,000 of 40,000 Confederate troops were killed.
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Major-General Henry Halleck was named general-in-chief of the Union army
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This battle proved to be the bloodiest day of the war. Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded -- 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded. The battle had no clear winner, but because General Lee withdrew. Battle fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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General Lee's escape, and continued raiding by Confederate cavalry, dismayed many in the North.
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In an effort to placate the slave-holding border states, Lincoln resisted the demands of radical Republicans for complete abolition.
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Union and Confederate forces met on the Tennessee-Georgia border.
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Union forces pushed Confederate troops away from Chattanooga. The victory set the stage for General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
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Grant again attacked Confederate forces at Cold Harbor, losing over 7,000 men.
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Grant hoped to take Petersburg. The attempt failed, resulting in a ten month siege and the loss of thousands of lives on both sides.
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The Republican party nominated President Abraham Lincoln as its presidential candidate.
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After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister and captured Savannah 8 days later.
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Transportation problems and successful blockades caused severe shortages of food and supplies in the South.
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General Lee's troops were soon surrounded, and on April 7, Grant called upon Lee to surrender
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President Lincoln was watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
