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Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the US
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Southern states secede
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Confederate forms Army
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Ft. Sumter attacked
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First battle of Bull Run
Confederacy Wins battle -
Grant Captures Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson
Confederacy Win -
Confederacy sinks 2 wodden Union Ships
this forever changes the way boats will be made. -
Union captures New Orleans
Union takes the pivotal seport of New Orleans from the Confederacy -
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Seven day battle
occurs near Richmond, VA -
Bull Run 2
Confederacy win the second battle at Bull Run -
Harper's Ferry attack
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Battle of Antietam
The war's bloddiest battle yet -
Battle of Fredericksburg
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Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves from the South -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Confederacy Win -
Battle of Gettysburg
Union Win -
Vicksburg surrender
Union Win -
Gen. Sherman captures Atlanta
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March to the Sea
Sherman leads a "march to the sea" destorying hundred of miles in Gerogia -
Civil war Ends
Lee surrenders at Battle of Appomattox Court House
