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In a speech at the House of Represenatives, Lawrence M.Keitt, Congressman of SC states; "African slavery is the corner-stone of the industrial, social, and public fabric of the South. Keitt is part of a group of sectionalist called the "Fire Eaters."
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Mississippi senator presents resolutions to affrim that the Federal government cannot only prohibit slaves in the territories, but also protect slave holders.
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Former members of the Whig party meet in Baltimore MD to form the Union party.
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Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes and 1,865,593 popular votes.
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South Carolina was the first state to sucede from the Union and form the Confederacy. It was a source of troops for the confederate army.
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Major Anderson sends Lincoln a message. Southern troops demand the surrender of the fort. President Lincoln refuses.
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The Confederacy demanded that the Union surrdener in Fort Sumter, in Charlston Harbor.
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Virginia Sucedes from the Union, followed by Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolinia forming 11 Confederate States.
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President Lincoln issues a Proclamation Blockade against Southern Ports. Which limits the South of supplies during the war and industrializes the North.
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The Union Army suffers a defeat at Bull Run. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earns his name "Stonewall Jackson," as his brigade resists Union attacks.
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General U.S. Grant invades Westeren Tenn. In 11 days Grants forces capture 2 forts. He earns his "Unconditional Surrender" nickname.
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Grant gathers his troops at the Church named the Shiloh where they begin war.
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August 29-30 General Lee's troops won the second Battle of Bull Run.
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September 4-9 General Lee invades North and heads for Harpers Ferry.
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The battle of Antietam was the bloodest war battle.
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President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves behind Confederate Lines.
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May 1-5. Confederate victory in Virginia. Stonewall Jacksone died. Shot by his one troops.
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July 1-3. 3 day turning point of war.
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The president meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass who pushes for full equality for Union 'Negro troops.'
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President Lincoln delievers a speech in honor of all the dead and dedicated a cemetary at Gettysburg.
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109 Union Officers escaped from Libby.
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Red River Campaign begins. Union stragety to strike deep into varouse parts of TN.
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Union army defeats attempt to force confederates out of Louisiana under General Richard Taylor.
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Site of Confederate massacre more than 200 African American War prisoners. This is where food riotes started to break out in southern cities.
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Costly mistake by Grant.
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The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery.
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A peace conference is held. President Lincoln meets with Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. Meeting fails, war is still continued.
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General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia
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Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at a play.
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John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.
