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The Republican Party backed by the Abolitionists wins election.
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First state to secede followed by 6 others
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First battle of the Civil War. Lincoln realized the war will be long.
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Ironclad ships made wooden ships obsolete and change naval warfare.
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Confederate armies stopped here. Bloodiest battle of battle of Civil War with 26,000 wounded, dead or missing.
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July 1-3, 1983. Confederates are defeted.
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The Rebel siege of Chattanooga ends November 25 1863, with Union troops defeting the Confederates.
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The Senate approves the Thirteenth Amendment calling for the end of slavery.
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A loss caused by General Grant's mistake resulting in 7,000 Union casualties.
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Sherman's army secures Atlanta as a Union victory helping Licoln's reelection.
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Abe Lincoln wins reelection with more than half the popular vote.
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Sherman is defeats all resistance in his path to Savannah.
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Sherman arrives in Savannah, Georgia leaving behind a path of distruction 300 miles long and 60 miles wide.
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Lee surenders to Grant in VIrginia, ending the war.
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Licoln shot by Booth while attending the theater on April 14. He dies the next morning from his wounds.
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The remaining Rebel armies surrender.
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The Thirteenth Amendment is passed into law, abolishing slavery in the United. States.
