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President Abraham Lincoln is elected president
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South Carolina-December 20, 1860 Mississippi-January 9, 1861 Florida-January 10, 1861 Alabama-January 11, 1861 Georgia-January 19, 1861 Louisiana-January 26, 1861 Texas-Febuary 1,1861 Virginia-April 17, 1861 Arkansas-May 6,1861 Tennessee-May 6, 1861 North Carolina-May 6, 1861
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Confederate states of america is formed and jefferson davis is named its president
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War
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The Union Army under Gen. Irvin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run 25 miles southwest of Washington.
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General Grant gets Union victories at fort henery and fort Donelson in Tennessee
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The battle of the ironclads was arguably the most important naval battle of the American Civil War
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the battle of shiloh was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War
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David farragut and the Union Navy captures the seaport of New Orleans
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General Robert E. Lee is givin command of the Army of Northern Virginia
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The Seven Days Battles were a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
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The Second Battle of Bull Run or Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War
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also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland
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The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclimation
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The Union enacts or passes a law creating the first military draft of men into the army
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he Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.
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Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies
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The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
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The opening of the confederate prisoner war camp andersonville
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The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania, was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3.
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The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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President Lincoln is re-elected for a 2nd term
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Union General William T. Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia to the ground and begins his March to the Sea
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Union General William T. Sherman finishes his March to the Sea and captures Savannah, Georgia
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The confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia falls or is captured by the Union Army
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The confederacy and General Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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President Lincoln dies and Vice President Andrew Johnson takes over as President