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Abraham Lincoln is elected to be president. He was a republican and the first president to oppose the spread of slavery in the US
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The first secession convention takes place in South Carolina
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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede, just 3 days after the secession convention
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The seceeded southern states form a government in Montgomery, Alabama
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Southern forces attack in Fort Sumter, South Carolina
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Fought in Manassas, Virginia. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earns place in history
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In Wilson's Creek, Missouri, the Confederate victory established a strong presence west of the Mississpi
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The Union victory severely hurts the Confederate hold on Kentucky
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The first major battle in Tennessee
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General Lee of the Confederate Army gets the victory
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General Lee's greatest victory. Stonewall Jackson is shot and dies a week later
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The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
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Fought between the Union Army of the Cumberland under General William Rosecrans, and General Braxton Bragg of the Confederate Army
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A successful early morning surprise attack by the Confederate
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Palmito Ranch, Texas
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General Simon Bolivar Buckner signs a surrender of the Army of Trans-Mississippi
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Surrender papers agreed upon and signed. War is over officially
