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Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
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At a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, the seven seceding states created the Confederate Constitution, but with greater stress on the independence of each state.
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By the time Lincoln had been inaugurated' seven states has seceded.
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At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons taking down Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War had began at that time.
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West Virginia joins the Union!!
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Lincoln had replaced Gen. McDowell with Gen. George b. McClellan
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Union and Confederate armies fought by Manassas Junction, Virginia. This was the first major battle in the American Civil War. This was also known as The First Battle of Bull Run.
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On January 27, President Lincoln issued a war order telling the Union to launch an aggressive action towards the Confederacy, but Gen. McClellan ignored President Lincoln's orders.
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President Lincoln,issued an order reorganizing the Army of Virginia relieving McClellan of supreme command, but McClellan was given command of the Army of the Potomac, and ordered to attack Richmond.
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Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. Federal troops were almost defeated, by the end of the day.
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Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson attacked Union forces in late March, forcing them to go back across Potomac
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Confederate armies attacked federal forces at seven pines almost defeating them but last minute forces saved the union forces fr5om a big defeat.
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union and confederate forces fought a series of battle between june 26 and july 2.
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General Henry Halleck was named chief of general for union armies
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Union General McClellan defeated Confederate General Lee at South Mountain and Crampton's Gap in September, but did not move quickly enough to save Harper's Ferry that fell to general jackson.
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Confederate forces under General Lee were caught by General McClellan near Sharpsburg, Maryland. This battle was the bloddiest day of the civil war. 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 were wounded. 2,700 confederate soldiers were killed and 9,029 were wounded.
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major-general ambrose e. burnside's forces were defeated in a series of attacks against Confederate forces at Fredericksburg. so burnside was replaced with general joseph hooker.
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the emancipation proclaimation declared that all the slaves still living in the slave states were free.
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Union General Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. Lee split up his army attacking the union army in threee places and almost defeating them.
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union and confederate forces met on the tennessee-georgia border near chickamauga creek. after the battle the union army went back to chattanooga and the confederate forces kept control of the battlefield,
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union forces pushed confederate forces away from chattanooga. the win set the stage for general shermans atlanta campaign.
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General Grant continued to attack Lee. At Spotsylvania Court House, he fought for five days, vowing to fight all summer if necessary.
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Grant again attacked Confederate forces at Cold Harbor, losing over 7,000 men in twenty minutes. Although Lee suffered fewer casualties, his army never recovered from Grant's continual attacks. This was Lee's last clear victory of the war.
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The Republican party nominated President Abraham Lincoln as its presidential candidate, and Andrew Johnson for vice-president. The Democratic party chose General George B. McClellan for president, and George Pendleton for vice-president. At one point, widespread war-weariness in the North made a victory for Lincoln seem doubtful. In addition, Lincoln's veto of the Wade-Davis Bill -- requiring the majority of the electorate in each Confederate state to swear past and future loyalty to the Union b
