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Fort Sumter
Confederate victory - Union surrenders the fort in Charleston, South Carolina. -
Battle of First Bull Run
Confederate victory in Manassas, Virginia. Union gerneral Irwin McDowell removed from command. -
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The Peninsular Campaign
Confederate victory. Union general George McClellan removed from command. -
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Battle of Shiloh
Union victory in Shiloh, Tennessee allows US Grant to continue with plan to take control of Tennessee and Mississippi rivers. -
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Battle of Second Bull Run
Confederate victory. Union general John Pope relieved from command. -
Battle of Antietam
Union victory in Sharpsburg, Marlyland. General Robert E. Lee is forced to retreat back into Virginia. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation which frees slaves in confederate territory. He would sign the order on January 1, 1863. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Confederate victory in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Union general Ambrose Burnside removed from command. -
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Battle of Chancellorsville
Confederate Victory. Union general Joseph Hooker removed from command. -
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Siege of Vicksburg
Union general US Grant surrounds Vicksburg, Mississippi and forces the confederates to surrender giving the Union control of the Mississippi River. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
Union victory in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. -
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Atlanta Campaign
Union forces led by General William T. Sherman advance from Chattanooga to Atlanta, capturing the key confederate railroad junciton. -
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Siege of Petersburg
Union general US Grant lays siege to the city of Petersburg, Virginia which contains one of the last rairoad links to the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia. General Robert E. Lee forced to evacuate on April 2, 1865. -
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Confederate victory that temporarily checks the Union's advance toward Atlanta. -
Election of 1864
President Lincoln defeats George McClellan in the presidential election of 1864. -
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Shermna's March to the Sea
Union general William Sherman marches from Atlanta to Savannah leaving a path of destruction through Georgia. -
Appomattox Court House
Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to US Grant in Appomattox Virginia ending the Civil War. -
Lincoln's Assassination
President Lincoln in assassinated. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President.
