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The first election of President Lincoln
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South Carolina secedes from the Union
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Mississippi secedes from the Union
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Florida secedes from the Union
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Alabama secedes from the Union
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Georgia secedes from the Union
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Louisiana secedes from the Union
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Texas secedes from the Union
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Confederate States of America is formed and Jefferson Davis is named President
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Attack on Fort Sumter by the Confederacy
The Conderate government demanded the Union soldiers in Fort Sumter evacute. The Union refused which led to at 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861, Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. This is the beginning of the Civil War. -
The surrender of Fort Sumter to the Confederacy
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Virginia secedes from the Union
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Arkansas secedes from the Union
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Tennessee secedes from the Union
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North Carolina secedes from the Union
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First Battle of Bull Run
The Confederate soldiers led by General Thomas J. Jackson defeat the Union soldiers led by General Irvin McDowell 15 miles Southwest of Washington. 30,000 inexperienced Union troops attacked a smaller, equally inexpierenced Confederate force. The Yankees drove the Confederates back at first.The rebels then rallied from reinforcements under General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and broke the Union lines making the Union troops retreat. -
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gets Union victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee
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Battle of the Ironclads
The two ironclad ships of the Union and Confederates met off the coast of Virginia.Neither ship could sink the other but it was historic because it was the first ever battle between metal-covered ships. -
Battle of Shiloh
Confederate and Union soldiers battled by a church named Shiloh in the town of Pittsburg of the Tennessee River. The battle lasted 2 days. The Union being led by General Grant and the Condederates by Albert Sydney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard. There were over 23,000 casualties between the two armies. Bloodiest battle of the war. The Union narrowly won the battle. -
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The Battle of Shiloh
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David Farragut and the Union Navy captures the seaport of New Orleans
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General Robert E. Lee is given command of the Army of Northern Virginia
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The 7 days Battle
General Lee and the Condederates attack General McClellan and the Union soldiers In Richmond, Virginia. Both armies suffered great losses. After 7 days of combat McClellan withdrew his troops and retreated back to Washington. -
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The 7 days battle
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Second Battle of Bull Run
75,000 Federals under General John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under General Stonewall Jackson and General James Longstreet in Northern Virgina. The retreating of Union soldiers back to Washington ended this battle. -
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Antietam
Union and Confederate soldiers met near the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Union led by General McClellan and the Confederates led by General Lee. 6,000 soldiers were killed in total. The Union won the battle. -
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Fredericksburg
Gen. Lee moved his troops our of Maryland into Virginia. This encouraged new Uion commander, General Ambrose Burnside, to march his troops to the Confederate capital in Richmond. Gen. Lee heard of the plans and entrenched his army in the surrounding hills south of Richmond and drove back the Union army. Gen. Burnside then resigned. -
The Union enacts or passes a law creating the first military draft of men into the army
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Battle of Chancellorsville
The Union Army under Gen. Hooker is decisively defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of Lee's brilliant and daring tactics.During the the batle, Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is accidentally killed by his own soldiers. -
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Battle at Chancellorsville
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Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies
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Capture of Vicksburg
Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, surrenders to Gen. Grant and the Army of the West after a six week siege. With the Union now in control of the Mississippi, the Confederacy is effectively split in two, cut off from its western allies. -
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Capture of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
This battle occurred in a small town in southern Pennsylvania call Gettysburg. The Union and Confederate armies "accidentally" encountered each other and a battle broke out. The Union being led by Gen. George Meade and Confederates by Gen. George Pickett. The Union won the grueling battle which ended wiht 3/4 of the men that started the battle laying dead or wounded. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The opening of the Confederate prisoner of war camp Andersonville
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Battle at the Wilderness
In the Northeast corner of the Condederacy between Washington D.C. and Richmond, Virginia, the General Grant and the Union Army met up with General Lee and the Confederates. They battled for 2 days in a tangle of trees in which they could barely see. The battle ended with no clear winner -
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Battle at the Wilderness
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Battle at Spotsylvania
Gen. Grant orders his troops towrd Spotssylvania, Virginia, with the goal of sieging the Spotsylvania Court House. General Lee met the Union army before they reached Spotsylvania and stopped them from taking over the courthouse.There was no actual winner of the battle -
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Battle at Spotsylvania
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Battle at Cold Harbor
Gen. Grant and the Union vs General Lee and the Confederates. the battle took place near Cold Harbor about 10 miles northeast of Richmond, VA. Gen. Grant had a plan to to destroy Lee's army at this battle. But when a Union Corps did not arrive on time and Grant had to postpone the attck a day, this left time for Lee to entrench his army. When Grant did attack. His army was layed to ruins. -
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Battle at Cold Harbor
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Battle at Petersburg
This battle took place at a railroad center in Petersburg, Virginia. Gen. Grant wanted to take the railroad center to cut off supplies to Richmond. The Confederates defended the attack and held the Union back for 9 months. -
President Lincoln is re-elected for a 2nd term
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Union Gen. William T. Sherman burns Atlanta, GA. to the ground and begins his march to the sea
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Union General William T. Sherman finishes his March to the sea and captures Savannah, GA.
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The Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia falls or is captured by the Union Army
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The Confederacy and Gen. Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse, VA
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President Lincoln dies and Vice President Andrew Johnson takes over as President of the U.S.
