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Placed in command of the West Army to capture Vicksburg.
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Confederate strong hole surrendered to General Grant.
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Males from ages 15-20 "The Blood of a poor man is as precious as that o the wealthy."
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Abraham Lincoln declared the Government can not fully own people. They must be half free.
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The states where formed with Jefferson Davis. Davis was a former U.S. Army Officer.
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Abraham was sworn the 16th President.
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The Union will soon have 21 states and a population of over 20 million.
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September 4-9. Lee invaded the North for 50,000 Confederates and the head for Harpers Ferry, located 50 miles northwest of
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The president replaced McClellan with General Ambrose e. Burnside.
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The Rebel siege of Chattanooga ends as Union forces under Grant defeat the siege army of Gen.
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Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln and his wife Mary went to see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head.
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Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning
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Abraham Lincoln was burried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois.
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Congress passed a law on January 31,1865. For slavery to be abolished..
