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confederacy is formed
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Florida secedes from the Union
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military draft the draft is enacted for the first time in history
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lee becomes commandor of the army of northern virginia
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first battle of bull run
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the monitor battles th merrimack
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new orleans falls to the union
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battle of antietam
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battle of fredericksburg
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signing of the emancipation proclamation
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battle of chancellorsville
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battle of vicksburg
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battle of gettysburg
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attack on ft. wagner
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quantrill burns lawrance
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lincoln delivers the gettysburg address
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grant takes supreme command of the union army
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battle of cold harbor
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sherman burns atlanta
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lincoln wins re election
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sherman reached the sea (savannah) dividing the south
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lincolns 2nd inaugural speech
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richmond falls to the union army
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appomattox court house
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lee surenders
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lincoln is assassinated
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the 13th amendment is ratified abolishing all slavery
