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A speech outlining Lincoln's views, considered to have led to his presidency.
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The pony express starts
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An armed conflict betwixt Natives and the US
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Lincoln becomes the presidential candidate for the republican party.
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John Bell runs as the Constitutional Union Party's candidate
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Informal cease-fire
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Senator Crittenden proposes a compromise to prevent secession. It was not successful
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SC seceeds from the Uniion, and becomes the first state in the Confererate States of America
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The Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union, similar to the Declaration of Independence, is issued by SC
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Withdrawal of five Southern members of the U.S.Senate: Yulee and Mallory of Florida, Clay and Fitzpatrick of Alabama, and Davis of Mississippi.
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The confederate army takes Fort Sumter
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First major battle of the Civil War
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Union forces take Fort Clark
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Lincoln officially declares war
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Fort Henry falls to the Union
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General McClellan is fired for having "the slows."
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The first naval engagement of the civil war.
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A battle takes place at the Shiloh church in TN
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David G. Farragut takes control of New Orleans
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John Bell runs against Lincoln
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General "stonewall" Jackson forces union troops back to Washington
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Another union defeat, the Army of Northern Virginia falls to Lee
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The start of a battle which lasted for one week, and went over several towns in VA
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Henry Halleck is named the new commander of the union army
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The Emancipation Proclomation goes into effect
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Union troops take Jackson, MI, on their way to Vicksburg
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The start of the attack on Vicksburg, and the final objective of the Vicksburg campaign
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The battle of Gettysburg begins. It iwill turn out to be the bloodiest battle in US history.
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Vicksburg falls to the union.
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Riots break out in NY over the draft.
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John Hunt Morgan, famous for the charge by the same name, is captured by the Union.
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The Union bombards Fort Sumter.
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Union troops take control of Little Rock, AK
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The Union takes Fort Sanders in Knoxville, TN
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the H.L. Hunley is the first submarine to sink an enemy ship, though the sub and crew are also KIA.
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574 of the 600 Union soldiers present were killed, many after they had surrendered.
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All coins mus now have "In god we trust" inscribed
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Arlington National Cemetery is established as a military cemetery
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Union Troops occupy Atlanta, Georgia
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Nevada becomes the 36th state in the union
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Abraham Lincoln is elected for a second term.
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Sherman begins his famous March to the Sea.
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Union victory in Nashville, TN
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Sherman finishes his march to the sea, and occupies Savasnah, Georgia.
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Union Victory at Five Forks.
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This is when all of the exciting events happened (save Gettysburg)
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Union forces occupy the Confederate Capitol
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Petersburg is captured by the Union.
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Lee surrenders at Appomattox
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Forces at Mobile, Alabama, surrender to the Union.
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President Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth
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Abraham Lincoln sucumbs to his injury and dies.
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Johnston Surrenders to Sherman in NC
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Taylor surrenders in Alabama
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Smith Surrenders to General Canby in Mississippi
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cease-fire betwixt the south and Union
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The civil rights act of 1866 is passed, though president Johnson vetoed it
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Congress approves the minting of 5 cent coins
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African Americans now have full citizenship
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Reduced number of Supreme Court Circuits to 9, and Justices to 7
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Tennesee is readmitted to the union
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The rank of Genearl of the Army (More commonly known among civilians as 5-star-general, and briefly called General of the Armies) is established. It is the highest rank acheiveable in the US military, save Commander in Chief.
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National Union Convention is held to reconcile Radical Republicans and Johnson's reconstruction views
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Johnson goes on a speaking tour to promote his ideas for reconstruction
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Johnson returns from his speaking tour
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African American men can now vote
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Nebraska is admitted to the Union
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Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 Million USD
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Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina are re-admitted. 3 states remain seperate.
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A group of US soldiers, including 2nd Lt. Kidder are massacred
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The island of Midway becomes a US Commonwealth
