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John Brown attacks federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia with a strong attempt to abolish slavery by himself.
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In the 1860 election, Abe Lincoln, a known abolitionist, is elected as president. He was voted for by prodominently the North, with Stephen Douglas as his main competetor. Douglas was too against slavery but did favor popular soveignerity. Lincoln was a beloved president with a straight forward mission to fully abolish slavery.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union. They hoped that others would follow.
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Kansas was admitted into the Union prohibiting slavery.
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The Confederate States of America form. They include: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesse, Teaxas and Virginia.
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Fort Sumter is attacked by South until the North retreats. Lincoln never fired until Jefferson Davis did, to make it seem like they were the agressive ones.
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Abe Lincoln called for 75,000 men for the troops for three months of their service.
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Lincoln orders for the Confederacy to be blocked.
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The Union troops crossed the Potomac River from Washington with hopes to capture parts of Virginia.
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On this date Richmond, Virginia became the official Confederate capitol.
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The Confederate Army won this battle. This is also where Thomas J. Jackson got his nickname "Stonewall" Jackson.
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McClellan replaces Winfield Scott, the 60 year old general for the Union Armies.
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Ulysses S. Grant, Union general, captures Fort Henry, Tennesse.
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The Union, once again, captures another fort. This time, it's Fort Donelson, Tennesse. These two victories gave the Union a lead.
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McClellan leads his troops to Yorktown, Virginia.
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Shiloh is a small church in Tennesse that turned into a battlefield that the Union lost.
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The Confederate Army begins to use conscription- the drafting of men to voluntarily or involuntarily join the army.
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David F. Farragut captures New Orleans.
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David G. Farragut captures New Orleans for the Union.
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Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Plan begins with a victory at McDowell, Virginia.
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During the battle of Seven Pines, Robert E. Lee becomes commander of Confederate army when the previous is wounded.
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Lee forces McClellan to retreat, threating to take Richmond.
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The New York Tribune published The Prayer Of Twenty Millions, a plead from Horace Greeley to Lincoln to free slaves.
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The South wins again at the 2nd Battle Of Manassas.
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Bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War.
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Lincoln writes the prelimenary Emancipation Proclomation.
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Lincoln takes McClellan out of charge of Army of The Potomac.
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Lee and the Confederacy win the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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Lincoln officially publishes the Emancipation Proclamation, stating that all salves shall be free from that point on.
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Lincoln places another draft.
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Samuel F. Du Pont fails to hurt the Charleston Harbor.
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The Union loses again at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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Stonewall Jackson dies from pneumonia. He got sick in the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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In the Battle of Brandy Station, about 18,000 troops died.
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The Battle of Gettysburg, which took place in Pennsylvania, is one of the most famous battles from the Civil War.
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The Union has control of the Mississippi River.
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The Confederates surrender to the Union at the Battle of Vicksburg.
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Riots start erupting in New York City to protest the draft.
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The Confederates win at the Battle of Chickamauga.
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Lincoln presents The Gettysburg Address, where he says that all men are created equal in an attempt to pull the nation back together.
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The Union wins the Battle of Chattanooga, giving them the advantage they needed.
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Ulysses S. Grant is given full control of the entire US army.
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This battle took place in Virginia and was the first bloody battlebetween Grant and Lee.
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This battle took place at the Spotsylvania Court House and Yellow Tavern.
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Jeb Stuart, a Confederate calvary commander, dies in the Yellow Tavern from the Battle of Spotsylvania.
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Heavy Union casualities. Grant prepares for a seige.
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The USS Kearsarge sinks the USS Alabama in France.
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Lincoln repeals the Fugitive Slave Laws.
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The Confederate amy attacks DC, putting the capitol in an unsafe spot.
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The union wins the Battle of Mobile Bay under the control of David G. Farragut.
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William T. Sherman captures Alabama, Georgia for the Union, giving the South a strong disadvantage.
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A Union victory at Cedar Creek.
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Lincoln is reelected as president, with Andrew Johnson as is Vice President.
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Sherman begins his "March To The Sea".
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General Thomas wins the Battle of Nashville for the Union.
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Sherman's army does not even have to fight before Savannah surrenders. Sherman gives the city to Lincoln as a "Christmas Present".
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Congress pases the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing all slavery.
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Cloumbia, South Carolina is burnt to the ground, most likely by Sherman's troops.
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Lincoln's second term in presidency in ignagurated.
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The Appomattox campaign begins.
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The Confederate States evacuate their capitol, Richmond, Virginia.
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The Confederate Corps Commander, Ambrose Power Hill, is killed while trying to get his men together.
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Union troops invade Richmond, Virginia.
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Lee surrenders to Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln at the Ford's Theatre.
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At the same time that Lincoln was shot at, Secretary of State William H. Seward is also shot at his home.
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Abe Lincoln dies from thw shot received from John Wilkes Booth.
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In replace of Abe Lincoln, the Vice President, Andrew Johnson is ignagurated.
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Johnston surrenders to Sherman in North Carolina.
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John Wilkes Booth is shot and dies in Virginia.
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Davis is captured and imprisoned in Georgia.
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Kirby Smith surrenders to the Union.
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All eight conspirators of the Abe Lincoln murder are caught, four are sentenced ot death.
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Congress passes the New Freeman's Bureau, saying that people who harassed African-Americans must go through military trials.
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Johnson declares insurrection over for: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennesse, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
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Although Johnson vetoed it, Congress passes the Civil Right Acts.
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Despite Johnson's veto, Congress passes the right for African Americans the right to vote.
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Despite Johnson's veto, Congress passes the Reconstruction Act, giving Southern statesmartial law.
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Over Johnson's veto, Congress passes the second Reconstruction Act.
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Congress passes the Third Reconstruction Act, saying that if the Southern States want to be readmitted to the Union, they must agree with the Fifteeneth Amendment.
