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the Whig party meets to create a new party -
this repealed the Missouri compromise -
Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the united states -
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the federal union -
the confederate capture fort Sumter starting the civil war -
this gave the military the power to silent rebels -
The confederacy wins a battle in Prince William County -
He was elected with no one unopposed and ran for a 6 year term -
first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
this fight let the union get into the confederate interior -
He was a commander for America but later became a confederate commander in order to try and keep slavery -
the union wins the battle which helped republicans hold the house -
The confederate won while being lead by Robert E. Lee -
this made all the slaves that were in a rebellious state free -
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign -
Fought over three days. Robert E. Lee tried to invade the Northern states. The Union won. -
the confederate lost this battle making them be torn apart -
there were violent disturbances because of the draft -
Lincoln gives a speech dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg -
Lincoln is elected again as the president and easily beats the Democratic candidate -
Atlanta fell making the confederacy extremely weak -
Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia -
this abolished slavery in America -
this freed the slaves -
president lincoln gave his forgiveness towards the nation -
the confederate lines broke after a nine month siege -
Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant -
the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond, the South's second largest city. The move served to solidify the state of Virginia's new Confederate identity -
President Lilcoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords theater -
John Wilkes Booth gets shpt and later dies from the gunshot wound