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I, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president. The nation's first Republican President. Many southerners view my victory.
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The Confederate Congress unanimously adopts the Confederate Constitution. It declared the sovereignty of states and forbids the passage of any bill which outlaws slavery.
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Responding to Lincoln's attempt to resupply Fort Sumter, Beauregard open fire on the federal arsenal, in the Charleston harbor, at 4:30 a.m.
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Civil war started 4/12/1862
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After thirty-three hours under attack and when out of supplies, Major Robert Anderson of Fort Sumter surrenders.
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Following the incident at Fort Sumter, Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to put down the rebellion. He declares that the Civil War officially began.
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Virginia secedes from the nation,in response to Lincoln's decision to use force in South Carolina, followed by three other upper Southern states: North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Four border slave states remain in the Union.
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Lincoln orders a blockade of Confederate ports.The first casualties of the Civil War occur in Baltimore, Maryland. People most likely felt greatful because of Lincolns Wis decision.
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The Battle of Bull Run takes place near Manassas, Virginia. Confederate General Beauregard defeats the Union forces under General Irvin McDowell. "Stone Wall" Jackson got his nickname.
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Lincoln announces to his cabinet his intention to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Generals Stonewall Jackson and Lee prove too much for the Union troops under General John Pope. Who then retreat to Washington, D.C.
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General Lee invades the North in an attempt to isolate Washington, D.C., but finds himself thwarted by General McClellan and the Union forces.
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, to go into effect on January 1, 1863. In the document, Lincoln frees all slaves in Confederate or contested areas of the South.
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General Lee and his Confederate troops defeat General Burnside. Union losses number more than 12,600, while Confederate casualties rise to 5,300.
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Emancipation Proclamation starts effect
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The Battle of Murfreesboro occurs.
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General Lee wins a brilliant victory over Union General Joseph Hooker. Following his success, Lee decides to begin a second invasion into the North.
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The Battle of Gettysburg, the war's greatest engagement, occurs. Lee makes a bid to smash through Union forces and take Washington, D.C., from the west with 75,000 troops.
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Abraham Lincoln is reelected as President of the United States, with Andrew Johnson as his vice president.
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Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., at around 10:15 p.m.
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Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 a.m. in the home of William Petersen. Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as the seventeenth President of the United States.
