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United States Civil War
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Southern Democrats hold a convention in Richmond where they select John C. Breckinridge as their nominee for President
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Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President
Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860 against Stephan Douglas. Licoln was a republican and recieved 1,865,593 popular votes. -
South Carolina secedes from the union
South Carolina becomes the first state to leave the union and become its own state. The election of Abraham Lincoln as president is a major cause of why southerners seceded. -
Mississippi secedes from the union
Following South carolina, Mississippi is the second state to join the confederacy. -
Kansas becomes a slave free state
34th state in the United states and it is a fre state meaning no slavery was allowed. -
The Conderate States of america is formed
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Lincolns Inauguration
Lincoln Officially became president of the United States -
Fort Sumter
Fort sumter became the opening act of the civil war -
Anderson surrenders to southern troops at fort Sumter
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Richmond becomes the capital of the confederacy
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Lincoln requests more men be sent into the army
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First income tax is issued
Issued to help pay for war -
Mclellan becomes commander of union army
Appointed by president Lincoln -
Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America
The confederate states of america was a governement from 1861-1865 declaring that certain states had seceded from the union, -
Mclellan ignores orders
Mclellan ignores an order to attack the south issued by president lincoln. -
The battle of Shiloh takes place
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Battle of Seven Pines
South attacks union -
Henry Halleck is named general in cheif of union army
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Harpers Ferry
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Antietam
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Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclomation
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Battle of Perryville
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Lincoln Replaces Mclellan
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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Finalized emancipation proclamation is issued by Lincoln
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Battle of Chancellorsville
General hookers attack on Geral Lee -
Vicksburg Campaign
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General Lee takes command
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Gettysbug Campaign
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West Virginia is formed
A section of Virginia was admitted into the union as West Virginia -
Battle of Gettsburg begins
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Draft Riots
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Battle of Chickamuaga
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Battle of Chattanooga
Union Victory -
Lincoln appoints Grant to command all armies of the United States
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Battle of the wilderness
Involved 1800 union troops -
Battle of cold harbor in Virginia
over 7000 causualties caused by a mistake by grant -
Grants forces surrender to Lee
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First battle including John B. Hood who replaced Johnston
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Mclellan is nominated to run against president lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected as president
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Shermans march to sea
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Battle of Franklin
Had over 8,000 casualties -
Sherman reaches savannah georgia
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The thirteenth amendment is apporived by congress
Abolishing slavery -
president lincoln has a meeting with the confederacy president
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Grants forces try to break through Lees and Petersburg
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President Lincoln tours Richmond
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Lincolns assassination
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President Lincoln dies at 7:22am
Killed by John wilkes booth -
Confederates surrender to Sherman near Durham NC
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john wilkes booth is shot and killed
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Lincolns birthday observation
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New Freedman's Bureau bill passed by Congress
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Texas repeals the actions of the Secessionist Convention
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Jonson vetos the civil rights act
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Connecticut approves the 14th amendment
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new hampshire ratifies the 14th amendment
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Blacks in D.C gain the right to vote
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Virginia rejects the 14th amendment
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New York ratifies the 14th amendment
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Delaware rejects the 14th amendment
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Nebraska becomes a state
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2nd Recontstruction act
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Johnston demands Edwin Stanton to resign
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russia gives alaska to the united states
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Mississippi rejects 14th amendment
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U.S house votes to impeach Andrew Johnson
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Iowa ratifies the 14th amendment
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Arkansas ratifies the 14th amendment
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Florida Ratifies the 14th amendment
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Democrats nominate Horatio Seymour for president
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Louisianna ratifies the 14th amendment
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third reconstruction act is passed
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Georgia ratifies the 14th amendment
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Ulysses S Grant is elected president of the united states
