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Abraham Lincoln
is elected president and says the country cannot live half free and half slave. -
Confederate states
are formed with Jefferson Davis as president. -
Fort Sumter
Confederates attack in South Carolina and the war officially begins. -
Bull Run
Union suffered a loss and General Thomas Jackson developed his nickname, 'Stonewall." -
Shiloh
Confederates surprise Union troops and over 23,000 troops die. -
Antietam
The bloodiest battle in the war. Confederate army retreats from the battle -
Chancellorsville
Union army was defeated. -
Gettysburg
Confederates are defeated. -
Slavery is abolished.
The thirteenth amendment is added to the constitution. -
Confederates Surrenders
Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Court House in VA.
