Highlights from the American Civil War. MT

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  • Confederacy is formed

  • First Battle of he Bull Run

    July 21, 1861

  • Militart Draft

    The draft is enacted for the firt time in history.

  • The Monitor Battles the Merrimark

  • New Orleans falls to the Union

  • Lee becomes Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

  • Battle of Antietam

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    Battle of Fredericksbrug

  • Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

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    Battle of Gettysburg

  • Attack on Ft, Wagner

  • Quantrill burns Lawrence

  • Lincoln delivers Gettysbug Address

  • Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address

    November 19, 1863

  • Grant takes supreme command of the Union Army

  • The Thirteenth Amendment is Ratified Abolishing Slavery

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    Battle of Vicksburg

    may june 1864

  • Sherman burns Atlanta

    September 2, 1864

  • Lincoln wins Re-Election

  • Sherman reaches the sea, Dividing the South

  • Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech

  • Richmond falls to the Union Army

  • Appomattox Court House

  • Lincoln is Assassinated

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    Battle of Cold Harbor