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Lincoln wins election and becomes the 16th President
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The South secedes
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The bombardment was the official start of the Civil War
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The first major engagement of the civil war
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Ulysses S. Grant's forces are surprised at town of Shiloh. 13,000 Union casualties and 10,000 Confederate casualties
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Over the course of 7 days fighting, Confederate army attacks Union Army causing Union to withdraw north
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Win for Confederate, Union General John Pope is blamed for the loss and is relieved of his duties
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nearly 12,400 Union troops that had been stationed at the garrison in Virginia became Confederate prisoners.
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Bloodiest day in US history. Over 26,000 are killed, wounded or missing in action
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Frees all slaves in territory captured by the Union Army and orders the enlistment of Black Soldiers
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Creates a draft that requires every man to serve in the army
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The battle that happened in Gettysburg that resulted in the win for Union
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Riots break out over draft. 120 people, mostly black are killed in New York
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President Lincoln delivers the two-minute address
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Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant as commander of all Union Army
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cuts a path of destruction 300 miles long and 60 miles wide through Georgia
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Ends slavery
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The war is now over
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Lincoln is shot and passes away
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leading the largest Confederate Army surrenders in North Carolina
