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Lincoln is elected president of the United States of America
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South Carolina leaves the Union
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The CSA is formed.
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Lincoln is officially inaugurated as president. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln2_1.html
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Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, North Carolina
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Confederate Victory at Mannassas, Virginia. Showed that the Confederates were a capable fighting force.
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Inconclusive Battle at Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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The Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee begins. The battle ends with a Union Victory. This was one of the war's most brutal battles. http://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn003.htm
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The Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee begins. The battle ends with a Union Victory. This was one of the war's most brutal battles. http://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn003.htm
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Series of Battles ends in Confederate Victory
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Series of Battles ends in Confederate Victory
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Confederate forces crush the Union forces at Manassas yet again.
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Confederate forces crush the Union yet again at Manassas
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Stalemate at Sharpsburg, Maryland
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Confederate victory in Virginia halts the Union advance towards Richmond.
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Confederate victory in Virginia halts the Union advance towards Richmond.
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Inconclusive battle at Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclomation
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Lee's forces, Outnumber greatly by Union forces, splits in half and engages on two fronts. The battle ended in a Confederate Victory.
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Lee's forces, Outnumber greatly by Union forces, splits in half and engages on two fronts. The battle ended in a Confederate Victory.
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Union victory at the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. This gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River. http://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ms011.htm
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Meade beats Lee at Gettysburg. Turning the tide of the war to the Union's Advantage. http://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/pa002.htm
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Meade beats Lee at Gettysburg. Turning the tide of the war to the Union's Advantage. http://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/pa002.htm
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Union victory at the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. This gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River. http://www.nps.gov/abpp/battles/ms011.htm
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Union victory in Tennessee marked the end of the Union Offensive in that region.
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Union victory at Chickamauga signalled the end of the Union Offensive in that region.
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Union victory at Chickamauga signalled the end of the Union Offensive in that region.
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Lincoln gives the Gettysburg address, commemorating the fallen.
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Union Victory in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Stalemate between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant
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Stalemate between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant
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Inconclusive battle between Lee and Grant.
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Inconclusive Battle between Lee and Grant
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Lincoln is elected for his second term.
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Sherman begins a victorius campaign in Atlanta on November 15 and ends it in Savannah on December 21.
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Union Victory at Franklin results in the death of 6 Confederate Generals, inluding Patrick "Stonewall Jackon of the West" Cleburne.
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Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, VA
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Lincoln gives his second Inaugural Address
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John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head.
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The Civil War officially ends
