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Jefferson Davis comes out in favor of secession for the first time. He eventually becomes the president of the Confederacy.
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Lincoln delivers his famous Cooper Union Speech. In his speech he addresses his views on slavery
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The Republican party nominates Lincoln to run for president.
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Abraham Lincoln wins the election and recieves almost all of his votes from the north, They are against slavery and also posses the popular vote
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Due to uprising contraversey South Carolina sucedes from the Union. The love slavery and disagree with the North's viewpoint.
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Abraham Lincoln officially becomes the president of the United States. He hopes to not only end slavery but prevent the southern secession.
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In Charleston harbor Confederate forces opened fire on the Union who were holding Fort Sumter. No one was injured or killed.
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Virginia hops on the southern bandwagon and secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy. They were the eigth to secede.
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Richmond Virginia becomes the Capital of the newly established Confederacy.
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The battle of Bull Run was fought in Virginia and is claimed to be one of the first major battles of the war. The Confederates were victorious.
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Union soldiers went towards the second fort guarding the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. The Confederates surrendered
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The Union and Confederates battle over control the Shiloh church. It was a Union victory.
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The Confederates pass the conscription act. This act was similar to the modern day military draft.
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Congress anounces slavery is prohibitted throughout all territories in the U.S.
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This was the bloodiest single day of the Civil war. 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing.
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The Emmancipation Proclamation is finally passed by Lincoln and his congressmen. This gives slaves their well deserved freedom
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The conscription act is passed on a national scale. This was done to provide for the man-power needs across the country.
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The infamous Stonewall Jackson of the Confederacy is killed. He was killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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The territory of West Virginia is admitted into the Union. They immeadiately go into war along with the rest of the Union.
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Following concerns and complaints with conscription, men in New York begin to riot. They are sick of the draft and desperately want it to come to an end.
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Finally, the senate passes the highly anticiapted and dreaded 13th amendment. This amendment abolished slavery.
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The armies of Grant and Lee faced off for the control of Petersburg. Eventually the Union forces were able to seige it.
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This battle took place in Jackson county and resulted in a Confederate victory. This victory was very significant for the Confederate army.
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Lincoln is once again elected as the president of the U.S. He continues his fight against slavery.
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Sherman destroyed everything in his path as he marched through Georgia towards the sea. During this march he inflicted 100 million dollars worth of damage.
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Lincoln is initiated into presidency once agian though his second inauguration.
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While attending a play at the Ford's theater, Lincoln is shot in the head and dies the next day. His assassin was a man named John Wilkes Booth.
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After seven long days Lincoln's assassin is finally killed in a barn fire.
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The amendment to end slavery is finally ratified nation wide. This sparks major contraversy between the north and south.
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After the abolishment of slavery, many southerners are extremely unhappy. Some of them go on to establish a white supremecy group called the Klu Klux Klan.
