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Major events of the Civil War 1861-1865

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  • Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the US

    Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the US

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    Southern states secede

  • Confederate forms Army

  • Ft. Sumter attacked

  • First battle of Bull Run

    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

    Harper's Ferry attack

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    The war's bloddiest battle yet
  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves from the South
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

    Confederacy Win

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Union Win
  • Vicksburg surrender

    Vicksburg surrender

    Union Win
  • Gen. Sherman captures Atlanta

    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

    Civil war Ends

    Lee surrenders at Battle of Appomattox Court House