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Jefferson Davis gives a speech on how slavery should be allowed in the new territories
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This address stated that there was no more slavery in the new territories.
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The Pony Express helped deliver letters faster.
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American and Whig party members meet in Baltimore and create the union party.
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A little girl wrote to Lincoln saying that he would look better with a beard. He decided to grow a beard.
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Abraham Lincoln wins the election. Won 40% of the popular vote.
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A manifesto is issued urging for Southern states to seceed.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union.
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Due to South Carolina seceeding the congressmen of South Carolina resigned.
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South Carolina creates their own version of the declaration of independence and justifies their secession.
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Mississippi is the second state to secede from the Union.
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Florida is the third state to secede from
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Kansas become the 34th state in Union.
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Confederacy attacked the fort an seized it. Lincoln then decides to go to war. This is the Official start of the war.
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Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for the first time as president of the United States
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The Confederacy demanded that the Union surrender at Fort Sumter. President Lincoln did not surrender, but he did send food for the people there
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The plan was to create a naval blockade around the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico which was controlled by the Confederates. The Union would then send 60,000 troops to capture forts. They would then try to cut the Confederacy in half.
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The Union, under the contol U.S. Grant, captured the Tennessee River.
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The first major battle of the civil war in Virginia. The confederates won.
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Pony Express comes to an end.
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General U.S. Grant invades western Tennessee. Captures two forts, Henry and Donelson.
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HJefferson Davis is elected as the first president of the Confederate States of America.
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A new form of money was introduced and used by by the Union.
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The conscrition act was approved and men from the ages of 18-35 years old were drafted.
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The Mississippi River has been captured by the Union
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These series of battles lasted for seven days. Took place between the york and James Rivers. McClellan Retreated.
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African Americans are now allowed to fight in the Civil War on the Union side.
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Battle at Antietam (Sharpsburg) Maryland. McClallan's men found Lee's plans in the woods.
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Second day of fighting at Antietam.
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Lincoln orders 39 Sioux Indians to be hanged.
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Lincoln officially signs the Emancipation Proclamation and frees slaves in both the Union and Confederacy.
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First day of the battle in Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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The second day of battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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The third and final day of battling at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Confederates surrender at Vicksburg.
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Robert E. Lee resigns after being defeated at Gettysburg.
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Battle in Lawrence, Kansas
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Lincoln declares Thanksgiving a national holiday.
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Lincoln gives speech commemorating soldiers that died in the battles of Gettysburg.
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The first celebration of Thanksgiving after Lincoln proclaiming it to be a national holiday.
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Battle in Olustree, Florida. Confederates win.
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Battle at Sabine Crossroads, Louisiana; Confederates win.
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Battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana; General Banks withdraws
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Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee; fort captured by Confederates.
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All coins must now say "in God we trust".
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Battle of The Wilderness in Virginia; Grant does not retreat.
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Lincoln now gives the choice of paying money to not fight in the war.
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Belle Boyd, a confederate spy, is arrested by the Union.
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Lincoln is re-elected for his second term.
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Sherman plans to destroy part of the south.
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Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery.
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Lincoln is inaugurated for the second time.
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Confederates evacuate from the capital in Richmond, Virginia.
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Union occupies Richmond.
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Lee surrenders at Appomatox Court House.
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Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford's Theatre.
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Lincoln dies after being shot by Booth.
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John Wilkes Booth was shot in a barn and died.
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Johnston surrenders to Sherman in North carolina
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Davis is capture and taken prisoner in Georgia
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The last issue of "The Liberator" is printed.
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The ASPCA is created to help animals
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Congress approves of the making and use of the nickle.
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The 14th amendment makes African Americans citizens.
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Connecticut Ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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New Hampshire ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Tennessee ratifies the 14th Amendment,
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New Jersey ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Oregon ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Vermont ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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New York ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Kansas ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Illinois ratifies 14th Amendment
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Michigan ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Minnesota ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Maine ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Nevada ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Indiana ratifies 14th Amendment
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Missouri ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Massachusetts ratifies the 14th Amendment
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Nebraska ratifies the 14th Amendment
