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Jefferson Davis is the new president of the CSA
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The Siege of Forst Sumter
Lincoln's attempt to provision Fort Sumter, a Federal fort on an island in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, was seen as an act of aggressino by the Union. At 4:30 A.M. on April 12, 1861, Confederate cannons opened fire on the fort. The bombardment lasted 34 hours, until Anderson surrendered to CSA General P.G.T. Beauregard. -
Robert E. Lee turns down Union Command
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With great diffulty, Lee refused Lincoln's offerand has chosen to be loyal to his native Virginia. -
The Battle of Bull Run
photo linkThe Confederates and Union troops fought the Civil War's first major pitched battle and it produced a Rebel victory. Ill-prepared Union troops, marcking to the cry, "On to Richmond," seemed no match for a spirited but small Confederate force. Fought only 30 miles from Washington, Bull Run-or Manassas Junction- was high-lighted by the herioc stand by "Stonewall" Jackson. -
The Battle of Wilson's Creek
photo linkConcern over the loyalty of Missouri was a factor in the Battle of Wilson's Creek, the first major battle in the so-called Western Theater of this war. The battle produced another Condfederate victory despite the heroics of Union General Nathaniel Lyon, who ralied his men in a daring attack. He took two bullets. He was finally killed when he got shot in the heart. His troops then fled at his death. Despite the grosly carnage at Wilson's Creek, and Lyon heroism, this rebel victory changes nothin. -
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Battle between two ironclads ends in a draw
photo linkA battle between two ironclads, the Union's Monitor and the Confederate's Merrimac, ended in a draw. The two ships fought a two-hour battle off of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Tactically, the struggle was won by neither ship, but an edge must go to the Union ship because Northern fears of the Merrimac's potential to destory the Federal fleet has been put to rest. -
Grant wins the battle at Shiloh
photoAfter losing his entire army to a Confederate surpise attack, Grant beat the Confederate armies under the command of General Albert Sidney Johnston. Much of this battle was fought in full-bloom peach orchards near a church named Shiloh, just miles from the Tennessee River town of Pittsburgh Landing. -
Admiral Farrgut captures New Orleans for the Union
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The Naval victory illustrated the Union supremacy in sea power. The batle lasted 10 days at the mouth of the vital Mississippi River. Once the Union Navy "dodged" Confederate fire rafts and occupied the city, the officials of New Orleans surrendered. -
Bloody Antietam gives Union victory
<a href='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Battle_of_Antietam.png/300px-Battle_of_Antietam.png' >photo The Union achieves a victory at Antitam, or Sharpsburg, when after incredinle carnage, Lee's Confederates withdrew back into Virginia. The Union troops, led by George McClellan, have a crucial if not decisive victory. -
Union disaster at Frericksburg; Burnside replaced
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The Union attack on Fredericksburg, commanded by General Ambrose Burnside, was a disaster. More than 12000 Federals were massacred as they attacked the hills. The disaster forced Lincoln to switch his generals. -
President issues proclamation to free slaves
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Declaring that all slaves in rebellious states are free of bondage, the president signed and issued a final Emanciptaion Proclamation. Legally, this action began the movement to end slavery throughout the US. -
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The battle of Gettysburg
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At Gettysburg, the Union troops under General George Meade withstood fierce Rebel charges, especially a dramatic, climatic one by 13000 Confederates under General George Pickett on Cemetery Ridge on July 3. -
Mississippi fortress of Vicksburg falls to Grant
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After a lengthy one-year siege, Union General U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of Vicksburg on Independence Day. -
Draft Riots erupt in New York City
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In reaction to the new draft law, protest and outbreaks of violence have occurred in virtualy every Northern state. Opposition to the new law exploded in New York City, where Southern symphanies are amazingly strong and hatred for the president is widespread. The riots were touched off when names of the first draftees were drawn. -
Gettysburg Address
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Determined to make the battlefield site "hallowed ground," President Lincoln traveled to the small Pennsylvania town, where only four months before the titantic clash between the blue and gray took place.The speech was given to dedicate a military cemetery for those who dies in the three-day battle. -
Union forces win Chattanooga
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General George Thomas swept up Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and won a crushing victory over General Braxton Bragg's Rebel forces. -
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Command of Union Armies Given to Grant
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After suffering through poor or imcompentent generals, President Lincoln thinks he has found his man, U.S. Grant, and has appionted him to command all armies of the United States. -
Farragut captures key port of Mobile Bay
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Needing Union victeries to impress voters for November's election, President Lincoln receieved news of a major naval victory in Alabama. The victory at Mobile Bay by Admiral David Farragut displayed once more the Union's superiority at sea. -
Sherman captures Atlanta
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Another nail in the Confederate coffin when General Sherman's Union troops occupied the key southern city of Atlanta, Georgia. -
President Lincoln is re-elected
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President Lincoln is re-elected president of the United States. Lincoln received 212 Electeral Votes. He will be inaugerated for a second term on March 4, 1865. -
Sherman's troops begin march through Georgia
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Calculating to bring fear and the war itself to the civilain population of Georgia as he tries to gain the port of Savannah by December, General Sherman and his Union troops have leave Atlanta and are on the march to the sea. -
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Lincoln confers with Rebel leaders on the River Queen
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President Lincoln journeyed with other Union officials to Hampton Roads, Virginia, to meet with Confederate leaders to discuss peace terms. -
Union occupy Richmond
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Union armies under the tenacious leadership of U.S. Grant have finally beaten Rebel forces under General Lee and captured the region around Petersburg and Richmond. -
Saylor's Creek may be war's last battle
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Retreating and trying to stay together, Confederate forces under General Lee encountered Union troops at Saylor's Creek, and, in spite of a Rebel countercharge, the brief one-day engagement was a Union victory. -
Lee surrenders to Grant
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Confederates General Robert E. Lee has officially surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Terms of surrender included surrender of the Confederate Army, turing over Rebel arms and supplies. The Rebels could keeps private horses and arms. Lee did not surrender his sword. -
President Lincoln gets assassinated
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The nefarious deed was done about 10:20 p.m. during a performance of "Our American Cousin". Lincoln was in the company of his wife, and a young couple Major H.R. Rathbone and Miss Clara Harris. The assassin is John Wilkes Booth, who fired one pistol shot at close range into Lincoln's skull.
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