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Abraham Lincoln was inagurated as president.
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Confederate forces fired on,Fort Sumter.Chartheleston,Carolina watched the bobming of Fort Sumter by Confedarte Forces
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The warships Monitor and Merimack or Virgina Clash.
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Battle of Shiloh takes place.
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New Orleans falls to Union forces.
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First Battle of Bull Run( Manassas) occurs
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Battle of Antietam or Sharshburg) occurs.
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Confederate General John C.Pemberton surreneded the city Vicksburg.
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The Fourth Of July was not to be celebrated in Vicksburg for another 81 years.
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Disease was the chief killer during the war,taking two men for every one who died of battle wounds.
