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Confederate General Pierre Beauregard and his troops open fire on Fort Sumter
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Union is defeated at Bull Run by Thomas J. Jackson, A.K.A Stonewall Jackson.
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A group of confederates surprise attack Ulysses S. Grant and his unprepared troops at Shiloh. 13,000 Union Casualties, and 10,000 Confederate casualties.
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75,000 federals lead by General John Pope are defeat by Stonewall Jackson and his Troops at Bull Run
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Bloodiest single day in U.S. Military history at the battle of Antietam, with more than 12,000 union casualties and 10,000 Confederate casualties.
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President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in confederate territories. This did not apply to border states however, as they had slaves that could fight for the union.
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Stonewall Jackson dies from his wounds after the battle of Chancellorsville after being accidentally shot by his own men.
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The final Confederate stronghold on the edge of the Mississippi River, known as Vicksburg, surrenders to General Grant and the army of the west after a six week long siege.
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Lincoln orders Ulysses S. Grant to command all armies in the Union, while William T. Sherman becomes the leader of the West.
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Democrat George B. McClellan is nominated to run against Abraham Lincoln, who is up for re-election.
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Lincoln is re-elected as the president of the United States.
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William T. Sherman lead a military campaign from Atlanta to Savannah, following a policy known as "Scorched Earth", and left nearly 300 miles of destruction to the confederacy in his wake.
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Congress passes the thirteenth amendment, abolishing slavery in the entire U.S..
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General Robert E. Lee Surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse.
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Lincoln is shot from behind and killed by John Wilkes Booth at a play.
