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South Carolina is the first confederate state to secede from the union
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Mississippi secedes from the union
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Florida Secedes from union
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Confederate states of america forms the souths "new country"
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Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th president. He warns the south he will not tolerate secession.
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Confederates started the war but the unions won
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General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the confederate army.
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President Lincoln announced that he was freeing all enslaved people that resided in states in rebellion
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Sherman burns Atlanta down
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President Lincoln commemorated Battle of Gettysburg in a speech to the public
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President Lincoln is sworn for his second term as President of the United States
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General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant in a farm house of Appolmatttox Court House.
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The Freedman's Bureau was passed by congress
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congress passed a bill admitting arkansas, alabama, florida,georgia, lousiana, north carolina, and south carolina into the unjon
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Ulysses S. Grant become the 18th president of the united states after Andrew johnson
