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After Abraham Lincoln became president, southern states begin to cecede
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Lincoln sends supplies to Fort Sumter, but fearing trickery the Confederates attack the fort. The total amount of troops the union had was 80 in all, the confederates totaled 500.
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The timespan of the civil war
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One of the first major battles in the civil war, the Union lost, showing just how unprepared and ill fated the begining of their campaign was.
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First major campaign by the Union to take Richmond, went well at first until general Robert e. Lee came and humiliated the north in a seven day battle, resulting in Confederate victory.
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The Union navy took their mortar boats and destroyed the forts Jackson and St. Philip. They were then able to move their boats up to New Orleans and easily take it over.
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Abraham Lincoln states the Emancipation Proclamation, fueling the war on both sides, and cementing Union ideals.
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Starting on July 1st and lasting until the 3rd, Gettysburg was a hard fought battle won by the Union, resulting in a second failure by the Confederates to attack the northern borders.
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Famous speech given by president Abraham Lincoln at the dedication a cemetary four and a half months after the Union defeated the Confederates at the battle of Gettysburg.
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Sheman took 62,0000 troops and pilaged the south from Atlanta to Savannah and ruined Confederate morale and its economy
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The Confederate general Robert E. Lee admits defeat and surrenders to the Union.
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Jefferson Davis officially dissolves the confederate government in Washington, Georgia.