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Washington DC,
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South Carolina
First state to secede from Union -
Southern US
Jefferson Davis is elected president of COA -
Lincoln is sworn in as the 16th president of th US
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Confederates take Fort Sumter. Begins Civil War
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Union is beaten by confederates in First Battle of Manassas
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Battle was on the 6 and 7 10,000 Confedrate casualties 13,000 Union casualties
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75,000 Union defeated by 55,000 Confederates in Second Battle of Manassas
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After 14 frontal assaults and 12,653 casualties the Confederates beat the Union
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Bloodiest day in US Military history Mcllelan defeats Lee. 26,000 dead, wounded or missing
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Document to free all Confederate slaves and support black Union soldiers.
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Union is defeated by Lee due to Lee's superior experience and strategy.
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Changes tide of war when Union defeats Confedartes in Gettysburg, Pa
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Confederates finally give up their hold on the Mississippi to the Union after six weeks of holding out
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Confederate victory leaves Union trapped amd surrounded in Chattanooga
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Two minute speech honoring those who died in the battle adn also intoducing the new National cemetery
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Union defeats Bragg;s army after recovering from loss at Chickamauga
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Major victory for Confederates
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Major victory for Union
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Abraham Lincoln is elected for a second and final time
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November 15 - December 21, 1864
March from Atlanta, GA to Savannah,GA where the Union destroyed as much as they could that was military related during the March -
Lincoln gives his famous second Inagural Adress
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Lee surrenders the Confederate Army to Grant
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Boothe at a play. He dies officially at 7:22 the following morning
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Civil War is over
