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Lincon becomes the 16th US President
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South Carolina succeeds from the Union
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Lee is offered command of the Union Army. Lee declines.
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Confederate States of America is formed by Jefferson Davis
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Confederates fire 50 cannons on Fort Sumter. The Civil War begins.
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President Lincoln issues a Proclamation calling for 75,000 militiamen
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Virginia secedes from the Union, followed within five weeks by Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, forming an eleven state Confederacy with a population of 9 million, including nearly 4 million slaves.
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Lincon issues blockades on all Southern ports
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First battle sparks the war - Bull Run
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President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell.
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Grant captures Ft Henry
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Confederate surprise attack on Grant's unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates
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75,000 Federals are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet at the second battle of Bull Run
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Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederates and goes for Harpers Ferry
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Antietam - The bloodiest day/war in U.S. military history as Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall 26,000 casualties occur. Lee then withdraws
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Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln.
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Army of Potomac under Burnside is defeated at Fredericksburg
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Battles continue until Lee finally surrenders on April 9th
Confederates had no imprisonment after joining back into the union.
