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Benjamin Henry produces the Henry rifle and is used in many of the Union Army Troops.
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Lincoln is elected for the President of the US.
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For the first time, Jefferson Davis comes out in favor of secession.
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Civil War Timeline
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The Pony Express is is founded in 1860. The Pony Express was a mail service used by horseback riders.
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In this convention, they select John C. Breckenridge as the nominee for President.
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Governor William Henry tells other South States that South Carolina is thinking about Seceding from the Union.
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South Carolina is the first state to break away from the US. After SC, many other states in the south follow.
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Governor Francis W. Pickens takes office on December 20th, 1860.
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The South Carolina Representatives withdraw from the US house.
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The town of Charleston in SC, is notified by telegraph of troops that are on the way.
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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 the Union.
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The Confederates states formed with Jefferson Davis as President. The south supported slavery while the north did not.
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Abraham Lincoln is officially sworn in as the 16th President of the United States of America. He would serve 1 full term.
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During the Battle At Fort Sumter they surrendered. This was the official start of the Civil War.
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This was the first battle over the Civil War. This battle involved over 3,000 soldiers.
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Union Troops, under order by General George B. McClellan, win a major victory for the struggle of western Virginia. The Yankee success gained the region of and created West Virginia.
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Union and Confederate armies battle of July 21st. This was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
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This battle is also known as the First Manassas. The battle was a major engagement of the Civil War.
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Ulysses S. Grant and his soldiers, overrun a Confederate camp. The troops must flee however when more Confederate soldiers begin to come.
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President Lincoln is devastated when his eleven year old son, Willie, dies from a fever.
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The Battle of Hampton Roads was on Mach 8th to the 9th with more Union deaths than Confederates.
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The Battle of Shiloh was fought on April 6-7th in Tennessee.
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The Sevens Days Battle lasts from June 25th until July 1st. Lee attacks McClellan in Richmond where both sides lost many people.
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President Abraham Lincoln gives the position of General-in-chief to Gen. Henry W. Halleck.
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Around 75,000 Union soldiers are defeated by the Confederates. The Union retreats to Washington.
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Robert E. Lee invades the Union with nearly 50,000 Confederates. It lasts from September 4th to the 9th.
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One of the bloodiest US battles, as the Confederate Troops were stopped by Union forced where nearly 26,000 men are dead or wounded or missing.
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The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation frees slaves. This was issued by President Lincoln.
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The Army of Potomac, under Gen. Burnside, will loose at Frederickburg. The Union looses many men.
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This battle was fought from April 30th, to May 6th. General Robert E. Lee greatest victory.
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This battle was fought from May 3rd to May 4th. It took place in VA and was part of the Chancellorsville Campaign.
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This battle took place from July 1st to July 3rd. In PA, Union and Confederate armies clashed.
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This was a major military action for the Vicksburg Campaign.
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This battle was fought on Sep. 18th to the 20th. This battle was fought between Union and Confederate forces.
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The Confederate General Thomas Stonewall, dies from wounds by no one else than his own soldiers.
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Riots break out when the government attempts to begin conscription.
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More than 6,000 Confederate soldiers are slaughtered as they walk slowly into gun fire.
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This was issued by President Lincoln and it freed all slaves in territory of the Union Army.
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This battle was on November 25th. It was part of the Chattanooga Campaign.
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This battle was fought near Strasburg Virginia. It was part of the Valley Campaigns.
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President Lincoln gives Ulysses S. Grant the role of commander of all Union armies.
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This battle took the lives of more than 300 African American soldiers.
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Starting to end the war, Ulysses S. Grant and his 120,000 troops march to the Confederate capital, Richmond.
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This battle was fought from May 4th to May 5th. The Union and Confederates clashed resulting in many men dying from a forest fire.
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Ulysses S. Grant attacks Robert E. Lees Confederate forces at Spotslyvania. Grant loses the battle and returns back.
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This battle was where Union and Confederates fought at Resaca in Georgia. A fist engagement in a summer long campaign for the Union.
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This battle was very bad for the Union. Over 7,000 men died in under an hour.
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This event takes place on July 15th, where the war of the past ends and is instead replaced by a nine month siege.
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This battle was for the Atlanta campaign and was fought on July 22 in Atlanta.
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Ulysses S. Grant's army manage to break through Confederate lines and get towards Richmond.
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The Union Army gets Richmond in the South.
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Lincoln gets sworn in at the president of the United States for a second term.
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This battle was a small engagement in the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War.
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The US approves to end slavery with the 13th Amendment.
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Robert E. Lee (south) surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse in Virginia.
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This battle took place from April 6th to the 7th. It was fought near Prince Edward & Cumberland County, Virginia between the Union and the Confederates.
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President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington.
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President Lincoln dies from his wound.
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General Joe Johnston who lead a massive Confederate army, surrenders in North Carolina.
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The 14th Amendment is signed. This gives civil rights to all freed African Americans.
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Following the Civil War, Tennessee is one of the first states to come back to the Union.
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The U.S Secret service starts to look into the KKK.
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Texas rejects the 14th Amendment.
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Vermont signs for the 14th Amendment.
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New Jersey signs for the 14th Amendment.
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Oregon signs for the 14th Amendment.
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Georgia rejects the 14th Amendment.
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North Carolina rejects the 14th Amendment.
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A fire destroy many ships used during the Civil War.
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Virginia rejects the 14th Amendment which gave rights to African Americans.
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New York ratifies, or signs for, the 14th Amendment.
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Kansas ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Pennsylvania ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Wisconsin ratifies the 14th Amendment.
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Nebraska officially becomes a state.
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Maryland rejects the 14th Amendment.
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The Senate ratifies the treaty for buying Alaska.
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Ulysses S. Grant becomes the Secretary of War.
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Congress passes a bill admitting Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North and South Carolina into the Union.
