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Union Army under General Irvan Mcbowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 mmiles South West of Washinton.
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Victory for General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry second Bull Run
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Lee invades the North with 50,000 confederates and heads for Harper Ferry.
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The bloodiest day in U.S military history as General Robert Lee. By night 26.000 men are dead and wounded.
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Primary Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves issued by President Lincoln.
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President Lincoln issues final emancipation proclamation.
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General Grant is placed in command in command of the Army of the West.
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The Union Army under General Hook is decisively defeated by Lee at Battle of Chancellorville.
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South suffers a huge blow as Stonewall Jackson dies.
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President Lincoln appoints General Grant to command all armies of U.S
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A costly mistake by Grant results in 7000 union casualities in 20 minutes during rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia.
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The U.S congress approves the 13th amendment to the U.S constitution, to abolish slavery.
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The last offensive for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia with Grant's forces at Peterburg.
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President Lincoln tours Richmond, where he enters the confederate white house.
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President Abraham Lincoln dies in morning, Vice President Andrew Jackson assumes the presidency.
