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The confedrate army deafeats the union at the first battle the bull run in Virginia.
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The ironclad ships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia battle,ending in a draw
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Casualties total 26,000 in the battle of Antietam Lee's invasion of the noth ends in reatreat
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President Lincoln issues the Enmancipation proclamation this document eventually free's all slaves
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The union army defeats the Confedrate at the battle of Gettysburg this is the turning point of the war
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President Lincoln delivers the gettysburg adress at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the battlefield in gettysburg
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The union arm captures Atlanta and georiga the city is burned to the ground by Shermans troops
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Before president lincoln can help restore the south to the union he is assanitad.