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confederacy is formed
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Arkansas secedes from the union
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1st Battle of Bull Run
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The monitor battles the Merrimack
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New Orleans falls to the Union
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Lee becomes Commander of the Army of northern Virginia
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Sherman burns Atlanta
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Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
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Military draft-the draft is enacted for the first time in history
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Attack on Ft. Wagner
*July 18, Gillmore launched an attack spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a black regiment. The unit’s colonel, Robert Gould Shaw, was killed
* This was the fourth time in the war that black troops played a crucial combat role, proving to skeptics that they would fight bravely if only given the chance. -
Quantrill burns Lawrence
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Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Adress
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Grant takes supreme command on the Union Army
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Battle of cold Harbor
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lINCOLN WINS RE-ELECTION
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Battle of Nashville
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Sherman reaches the sea dividing the south
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The 13th Amendment is retified abolishing all slavery
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Lincoln 2nd Inaugural speech
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Richmond falls to the union army
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Appomattox Court House
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Lincoln is assassinated
*John Wilkes Booth, shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C
*The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House.
