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South Carolina secedes from the Union. Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida secedes shortly after South Carolina.
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Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. President Lincoln got his wish and did not fire the first shot.
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Virginia secedes from the Union,followed within five weeks by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
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35,000 confederate troops met Union troops near Manassas Junction.This begun the First Battle of Bull Run.
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President Abe Lincoln appoints General McClellan as the comander of the Union army.
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The Peninsular Campaign begins. Abe Lincoln temporarily removes McClellan from commander.
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Suprise attack on General Ulysses S. Grant by the Confederates. Battle of Shiloh. Majoir Union victory.
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Lee took over Confederate army. While McClellan sat with the Union army and waited.
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36,000 American Casualties. Consitered a Confederate win due to the fact that the Union retreated.
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75,000 Confederates were killed. Union army retreates to washington and then the president relieves John Pope.
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General Lee and his army entered Maryland with 50,000 men. Union found lee's plans wrapped around cigars. Consitered the Battle of Antietam.
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President Abe Lincoln replaces McClellan with General Burnside. Lincoln had grown impatient with McClellan.
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Army of Pontiac faces a major defeat in Fredricksburg.
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President Lincoln hands in the Emancipation Proclamation, which frees all slaves in territories held by Confederates and lets the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army.
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The Union Army under Gen. Hooker is defeated by Lee's much smaller army at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia
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President Abe Lincoln gives a 2 minuet speech called the Gettysburg address.
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President Abe Lincoln appoints Grant as general of all armys for the Union
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Alanta is captured by Shermans Army. The win helps Lincoln for re-election.
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Sherman takes control of Savanah and offers it to Lincoln as a Christmas present.
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The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery. The amendment is then submitted to the states for ratification
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General Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant
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The war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania
