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South Carolina secedes
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas follow, forming the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as president -
War begins
Confederates fire on Fort Sumpter -
Fort Donaldson
Grant wins a Union victory -
Stonewall Jackson dies
Lee defeats Hooker at Chancellorsville and Stonewall Jackson is killed -
Sherman's March to Sea
Sherman's Atlanta campein was known as his "march to sea" which along the way he helped the Union by destroying Confederate land. -
End of the war
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
