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Missouri Compromise
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Fugutive Slave Law
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Compromise of 1850
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Kansas-Neb Act
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Dred Scott Decision
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Unlce Tom's Cabin
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Lincoln Douglas Debates
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John Brown @ Harpers ferry
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Election of Lincoln
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Lincoln Elected
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South Carolina Secedes
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The Confederate States of America is formed
The Confederate States of America is formed with Jefferson Davis, a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army officer, as president. -
Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President
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President Lincoln issues a Proclamation
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Virginia secedes from the Union
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President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports.
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Robert E. Lee resigns his commission
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President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander
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President Lincoln revokes Gen. John C. Frémont's unauthorized military proclamation
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President Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1 calling
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President Lincoln is struck with grief as his beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, dies
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The Battle of Seven Pines
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The Seven Days Battles as Lee attacks McClellan near Richmond
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- After four months as his own general-in-chief, President Lincoln hands over the task
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Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederates
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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves issued by President Lincoln.
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The president appoints Gen. Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker as Commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Burnside.
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Gen. Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg
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Gen. Lee with 75,000 Confederates launches his second invasion of the North,
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The tide of war turns against the South
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Anti-draft riots in New York City
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The president meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass
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The president appoints Gen. Grant to command all operations in the western theater.
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President Lincoln delivers a two minute Gettysburg Address
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South Carolina secedes from the Union