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South thought he would destroy slavery tears union apart.
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Abrham Lincoln runs against Senator Stephan Douglas. This match up was a repeat to the Illinois Senate match up, only with the oposit out come.
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South Carolina leaves the Union.
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South Carolina troops attack Fort Sumter. Shows southern states on the border of succesion that the Confederacy ment Business.
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Mississippi leaves Union.
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Florida leaves US.
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Alabama leaves Union
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Georgia leaves Union
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Louisiana leaves Union
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Texas leaves the union
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Virginia leaves the Union
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Arkansas leaves Union
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Tennessee leaves Union
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North Carolina leaves Union
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The battle of Manassas is the first real battle of the civil war. The Union army attacts the Confederates and the COnfederates are at a disadvantge in the begining. After holding off the Union attack (lead by Gerneral Thomas Jacksons Virgina brigade where he is given the nickname "Stonewall" Jackson) the Confederates attack the Union troops and push them back. Both sides realize this war will be much longer then origanaly thought.
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The Monitor and Merrimack fight outside Hamptons Roads Va. this is the first clash of two iron ships. Neither ship won or loss (sense the guns couldn;t really penentrate the iron) so the battle just ended.
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The battle of Shiloh was started by the Confederates with an surprise attact that was very effective. The secound day however due to confusion and the south giving the Union to much time to regroup the south was driven away. This battle gave the Union access to the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers.
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The Battle of Antietam occured on september 17th, 1862 and is the bloodest singal day battle in American History.
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The emancipation proclamation is written by President Lincoln. This proclamation is often credited with freeing the slaves. This is NOT true, it really does nothing. All the Emancipation Proclamation did was free slaves in rebelling states, which was already happening.
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THe battle of Fredericksburg is widly considered one of the most one sided battles in the Cival War. Union troops attack fortified Confederate posistions on a hill near the town. The union suffers 12,653 Casuilties well the Confederates suffer only 5,377.
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Joseph Hooker leads his troops (115,000 soldiers) to Chancelerville to try out move the confederates. Lee moved his troops (60,000 soldiers) to attack Hookers army. Thomas "stonewall" Jackson is ordered to move his troops to the exsposed right flank of the Union. Jackson is shot in the arm after the attack ends by his own troops and latter dies trying to recover from his amputation.
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West Virginia becomes a state in the Union. Most if not all historirans believe this is illegal.
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In the end of the battle (on July 3) 51,112 men were killed, wounded, missing, or captured. This victory markes the biggest event for the Union army. The south now most abandon their hopes of taking the war to Washington D.C.
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Joshua Chamberline and the 20th Maine help defend Little Round top on of the only good ways to flank the Union troops.
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After 40 days of seige the city of Vicksburg sureenders to Union Commander U.S. Grant. Word is recieved by Lincoln after the battle of Gettysberg and helped show Grant was the man he need for the army of the Potomac
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4 months after the Unions desiceve win at Gettysburg Lincoln goes to the deication of the Soldiers Cemetary at Gettysburg. The words "Four Score and seaven years ago" will for ever be a part of our countrys history.
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William Sherman marces across Georgia to the port city of Sahvana. kills everything in his path.
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Lee surenders to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse.
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President Lincoln is shot and killed in Fords Theater by John Wilkes Booth. His death is jsut one part of a plan to kill many high officals in the Goverenment.
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The 13th admendment is added. This admendment ends slavery everywhere.
