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Georgia secedes from the Union to join the Confederacy.
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The first and only confederate president, Jefferson Davis, is inaugurated in Montgomery, Alambama
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The USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack battle, changing the ways of warfare on boat forever.
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The United States collects income tax for the first time.
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in the Confederate States of America.
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Lee's right hand man, Stonewall Jackson, is wounded by friendly fire during Battle of Chancellorsville.
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William Tecumseh Sherman begins his march to the south, which results in utter destruction of the South.
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John Brown tried to create an armed slave revolt in the South
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Robert E Lee and his troops surrender to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
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President Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while at a theater
