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Confederacy is formed
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Period: to
Civil War
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Lincoln elected
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Fort Sumter Attacked
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Lee becomes commander of Army of North Virginia
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1st Battle of Bull Run
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Monitor battles Merrimack
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1st military draft is issued
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New Orleans falls to Union Army
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Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Chancellorsville
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Period: to
Siege of Vicksburg
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Gettysburg
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Attack on Ft. Wagner
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Quantrill burns Lawrence
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Gettysburg Address
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Grant takes supreme command of the Union Army
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Cold Harbor
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Lincoln wins re-election
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Sherman burns Atlanta
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Sherman reaches sea
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Lincoln 2nd Inaugural Speech
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Richmond falls to Union Army
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Appomattox Court House (Lee Surrenders)
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Lincoln assassinated
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13th amendment ratified and slavery abolished
