Lincoln

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  • confederacy is formed

  • Arkansas secedes from the union

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run

  • The monitor battles the Merrimack

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    New Orleans falls to the Union

  • Lee becomes Commander of the Army of northern Virginia

    Lee becomes Commander of the Army of northern Virginia

  • Sherman burns Atlanta

    Sherman burns Atlanta

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

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    Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

    Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

  • 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

  • Attack on Ft. Wagner

    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

  • Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Adress

    Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Adress

  • Grant takes supreme command on the Union Army

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    Battle of cold Harbor

  • lINCOLN WINS RE-ELECTION

  • Battle of Nashville

  • Sherman reaches the sea dividing the south

  • The 13th Amendment is retified abolishing all slavery

  • Lincoln 2nd Inaugural speech

  • Richmond falls to the union army

  • Appomattox Court House

  • Lincoln is assassinated

    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.