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Period: to
The Civil War
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South Carolina secedes from the Union
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Mississippi secedes from the Union
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Florida secedes from the Union
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Georgia secedes from the Union
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Alabama secedes from the Union
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Louisiana secedes from the Union
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Texas secedes from the Union
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President Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated
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South Carolina shells Fort Sumter, starting the Civil War
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Virginia secedes from the Union
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President Lincoln approves Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan
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Arkansas secedes from the Union
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North Carolina secedes from the Union
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Tennessee secedes from the Union
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First Battle of Bull Run
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West Virginia secedes from the rest of Virginia
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Battle of Hampton Roads (Battle of the Ironclads)
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The Battle of Shiloh
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Battle of Mechanicsville (The Seven Days' Battles)
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Battle of Gaines's Mill (The Seven Days' Battles)
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Battle of Savage's Station (The Seven Days' Battles)
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Battle of Frayser's Farm (The Seven Days' Battles)
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Battle of Malvern Hill (The Seven Days' Battles)
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Confederate troops retreat to Richmond, ending the Penninsular Campaign
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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President Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation
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Vicksburg Campaign begins
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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West Virginia is accepted into the Union
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Vicksburg Campaign ends
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Battle of Chickamauga
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Battle of Chattanooga
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Grant's Wilderness Campaign
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Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
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Siege of Petersburg begins
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President Lincoln is re-elected
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Sherman's March to Sea (Savannah Campaign) begins
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Sherman's March to Sea (Savannah Campaign) ends
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Siege of Petersburg ends
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General Grant captures Richmond, the Confederate capital
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General Lee surrenders to General Grant at Appotamox Courthouse
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President Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theater
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Remaining Confederate troops surrender
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured in Georgia