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The South Secedes.
When Abraham Lincoln,was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates voted to remove the state of South Carolina from the union known as the United States of America. -
The South Creates a Government.
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The South Seizes Federal Forts.
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Lincoln's Inauguration.
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Attack on Fort Sumter.
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Four More States Join the Confederacy.
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West Virginia Is Born.
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Four Slave States Stay in the Union.
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A Blockade of the South.
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First Battle Of Bull Run
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General McDowell Is Replaced
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Abraham Lincoln Takes Action.
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McClellan Loses Command.
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Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac
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The Battle of Shiloh.
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Fort Pulaski, Georgia
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The Gettysburg Campaign.
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The Battle of Chickamauga.
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Chattanooga -- September
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The Battle of Spotsylvania.
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The Siege of Petersburg.
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Sherman at the Sea
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Fort Fisher, North Carolina
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The Execution of Captain Henry Wirz