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South Carolina is the 1st state to successfully secede from the Union.
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Abe Lincoln becomes 16th president of the US. In his Inaugural address he gave warning to the south that he won't tolerate secession.
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civil war begins when the confederacy bombarded the union at fort sumpter in Charleston, SC.
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Ulysses S. Grant's forces were surprised by the Confederates in Shiloh, TN. The battle resulted in 13,000 Union deaths and 10,000 Confederate deaths.
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Bloodiest day in US history. over 26,000 men were killed, wounded or missing in action on both sides. It ended as a draw but the battle stopped Robert E Lee's invasion of maryland and he retreated to virginia.
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Union's bad defeat under general Ambrose E Burnside, 14 individual assaults happened on Confederate position caused 13,000 Union deaths.
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. It frees all slaves in territory captured by the Union Army, and orders the enlistment of Black soldiers. From this point forward, the Civil War is a war over slavery. Lincoln issued proclamation, it freed all slaves in all territories captured by the Union army. It ordered the enlistment of black soldiers and caused the Civil war to become a war over slavery.
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Union army under General Meade beat Robert E Lee's Confederate Army, this war was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Gettysburg was the turning point for the south because it was the farthest advance for them into northern land.
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Pres. Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant to commander of all Union armies. General William T. Sherman took over as commander in the West.
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This bloody battle was a disaster for the union. Ulysses S Grant made a bunch of tactical mistakes that resulted in 7,000 union deaths in 20 min.
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US congress approved the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, and it abolished slavery.
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General Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia and the Civil war was over.
