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A new President
Lincoln is elected President of the U.S. -
Secession
South Carolina seceds from the Union -
A Confederate President
Jefferson Davis inaugurated President of the Confederacy -
The first attack
Confederate troops attack fort Sumter this starts the civil war -
A Capital
Richmond, Virginia chosen as the Confederate Capital -
A defeat at Manassas
Confederate troops defeat Union troops at the first Battle of Bull Run -
Another battle.....
Battle of Shiloh -
Another of the First
Second Battle of Bull Run -
A Proclomation
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclomation -
Death to a General
Battle of Chancellorville (General Stonewall Jackson Died)