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President Lincoln is elected in 1860.
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The secession of the states begins in 1860. The first state to seceseded is South Carolina.
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Mississippi secedes.
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Florida secedes from the Union
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Alabama secedes.
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Georgia secedes.
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Louisiana seceded from the Union.
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Texas secedes from the Union.
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Tennessee seceded from the Union
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On April 12 The Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
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Each state would be asked for a specific number of militia troops to fill the order to go and fight the civil war.
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The Battle of Shiloh or The Battle of Pittsburg Landing was a majpr battle in the Western Theater. Confederates won on the first day, but the Union won on the second day.
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Virginia secedes from the Union.
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Arkansas seceded from the Union
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North Carolina seceded from the Union
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Union meets confederate forces at Manassas, Virginia. This was the first battle of the civil war.
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In November 1861 George MsClellan started commanding the Army of The Potomic. He was 34 years old.
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General Grant marched his unexperienced 15,00 troops to Fort Donelson. After 2 days the ships arrived and the assult began. After 90 minutes peirced enemy lines and the Confederates Surrendered.
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Robert E. Lee was promoted and accepted to take charge of the CSA (Confederate States of America).
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Monitor vs. Merrimac was arguably the most important naval battle of the Civil War. It was part of the effort of the confederacy to break the Union blockade.
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John Pope was Union general until he was defeated a the second battle at Bull Run.
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The 2nd Manassas was the culmination of an offensive campaige waged by Rober E. Lee's Army and John Pope's army. It was a battle of much larger scale and numbers than1st Manassas which was in the 1st place.
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Another defeat for Confederates at Sharpsburg, Maryland and Lee's forces were outnumbered anyways.
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Burnside becomes commander on November 7th, 1862 When McClellan was removed after ANtietam, Burnside reluctantly took command.
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The Battle of Fredricksburg at Virginia, Union forces were masacred by the Confederates who used a stonwall as protection.
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Once agqain the Union was shot down at Chancellorville, Virgina.
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This was the turning point of the war. This battle stopped the Confederacy from moving into Philidelphia or New York or going back South to Washington DC.
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The Union captured Vicksburg after the Confederates were defeated at Gettysburg.
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General Hood destroyed the Army of Tennessee after the fall of Atlanta.
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This was a Confederate victory and there was a total of 11,386 casualties. 8,150 were union soilders.
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The Union defeated the Confeterate Forces at Atlanta. General McPherson was killed during this battle.
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Robert E Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S Grant at Virginia because the army was surrounded and had no supplies.
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President Lincoln was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth because he supported slavery which Lincoln just ended.
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Joeseph E Johnson surrendered when his troops were half the size of General Shermans Army.
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This amendment ended slavery.
