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Republican Party is formed -
The Missouri Compromise was repealed and two new territories were created (Kansas and Nebraska) -
Abraham Lincoln becomes president -
Southe Carolina secedes from the United States -
Lincoln gets inaugurated -
The Confederacy fires on the fort which ends up forcing the Union to surrender -
This gave military authorities the power to silence the dissenters and rebels -
The first major battle in the Civil War -
The Confederacy elected Jefferson Davis as president -
The first Navel battle in the Civil War -
The Confederate Army Launched a ambush on the Union Army -
Robert E. Lee assumed command in the battle to defend the city of Richmond from the Union -
This battle showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army. -
One of the Civil War's earliest battles and one of the greatest Confederate victories. -
Slaves were freed -
The two armies meet each other unexpectedly -
The Union and the Confederacy battle. -
General John C. Pemberton surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Vicksburg, Mississippi. -
Violent riots in Manhatten -
Lincoln gives a speech about the Battle of Gettysburg. -
General William T. Sherman and his army take Atlanta from the confederacy -
Abraham Lincoln is reelected. -
Union General William T. Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines. -
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery -
An act that provides food, shelter, clothing, medical service, and land to displaced southerners -
Confederate lines near Petersburg broke after a nine-month siege. -
Once Virginia seceded, the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond -
Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Ulysses S. Grant -
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilksbooth. -
He was shot and killed by Corporal Boston Corbett