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Elected president of the Confederate Army is Jefferson Davis, a former U.S Army Officer
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Robert E. Lee resigns from the U.S Army. He then travels to Richmond, Virginia where he is offered command of the military and naval forces of Virginia, and accepts.
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Union Army again retrears to Washington after 75000 of them are defeated by 55000 Confederates under General Stonewall Jackson.
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Lincoln creates a preliminary proclamation of emancipation creating possibility of freeing slaves.
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Lincoln issues final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in terrotories held by Confederates and encourage the enlistment of African-American soldiers.
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Lincoln makes a two minute speech at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield
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Beginning of a massive coordinated campaign involving all Union troops
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A nine month seige of Petersburg begins when Union troops miss and opportunity to capture Petersburg and cut off Conederate rail lines.
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John Wilkes Booth is shot dead in a tabacco barn in Virginia.
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The thirteenth ammendment is finally ratified, and slavery is abolished.
