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Abraham Lincoln is elected president for his first term
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede form the Union
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Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union
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Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union!
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Alabama secedes from the Union
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Georgia becomes the fifth state to secede from the union
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Louisiana secedes from the union
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Texas secedes finishing the first seven states to secede
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The Confederate States of America formed and Jefferson Davis is created President
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Fort Sumter surrenders to the Confederacy
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The Confederacy attacks Fort Sumter starting the war
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Virginia secedes from the union after the attack on Fort Sumter
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Arkansas secedes from the union
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Tennessee secedes from the union
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North Carolina becomes the last state to secede from the union
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Union Army suffers a defeat and this is where Thomas J. Jackson gets his nickname "Stonewall"
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General Ulysses S. Grant gets a Union victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee. The captures earns Grant the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender"
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The Confederate Ironclad Merrimac sinks two wooden union ships
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Confederate surprise attacks Grant's troops at Shiloh
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17 Union ships, under the comand of David Farragut, move up the Mississippi and take the South's greatest seaport in New Orleans
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General Robert E. Lee is given command of the Army of Northern Virginia
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The 7 day battle started on the 21st of June and ended on July 1st
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This Battle lasted for 7 days. It ended on July first
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This battle lasted for 7 days. It ended July 1st
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Lincoln relieves Gen. John Pope after he loses this battle
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The bloodiest day of U.S history 26,000 men dead, wounded, or missing
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The Army of the Potomac suffers a costly defeat
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves from territories
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The Union enacts a law creating the first military draft of men into the army
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This battle ends on the 4th of May The Union amry is defeated by Lee's much smaller force
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Confederate General Thomas ¨Stonewall¨ Jackson dies
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This battle ends on July 3rd. This is when the tide turns against the South and the Confederates are defeated
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The last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. Lee surrenders after a six week seige.
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The Confederate War Camp Andersonville opens
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Lincoln is killed by John Wilkes Booth and Vice President Anderw Jackson takes over as President
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This battle ends at the 6th.
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This battle ended on the 12th of May
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This battle ended on June 3rd
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President Lincoln is re-elected for a second term
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William T. Sherman finished his March to the Sea and captures Savannah Georgia
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Union General William T. Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia to the ground and begins his March to the Sea
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Union General William T. Sherman finishes his March to the Sea and captures Savannah, Georgia
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It is the last offensive for Lee's army
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The Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia falls to the Union Army
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The Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House, VA.
