Civil War

  • Lincoln is elected as president

  • the seceded southern states form the Confederation appointing former Federal army officer Jefferson Davis of Kentucky as their President

  • Battle of Ft Sumter

  • Virginia secedes from the Union followed by Arkansas, N.Carolina, Tennessee

  • First battle of Bull Run

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    Second battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Antietam

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    Battle of Fredericksburg

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