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Fort Sumter
At 4:30 AM April, 12 1861 Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard Attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina using 30 Cannons. That Started the Civil War
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April 14 1861 -
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Robert E. Lee Resigns His Commision in the US Army
Lee goes to Virginia to join the Military becasue the US Army is fighting against his birthplace and he didn't want to, "Raise his hand against his birthplace."
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April 20 1861 -
Battle of Bull Run
Union Army Under General Irving McDowell is defeated at Bull Run 25 miles south west of washington. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson gets the nickname Stonewall.
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Assumed July 22, 1861 -
Victory for General Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S Grant gets a Victory in Tennasee for capturing, Fort Henry and Ten days later capturing Fort Donelson.
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Febuary 6, 1862 -
Shiloh
Confederate surprise attack on General Ulysses S. Grant's at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates.
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April 7 1862 -
Second Battle of Bull Run
75,000 Federals under Gen. John Pope are defeated by 55,000 Confederates under Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. James Longstreet at the second battle of Bull Run in northern Virginia. Once again the Union Army retreats to Washington.
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August 30 1862 -
Antitam
The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing.
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September 17 1862 -
Fredricksburg
Army of the Potomac under Gen. Burnside suffers a costly defeat at Fredericksburg in Virginia with a loss of 12,653 men after 14 frontal assaults on well entrenched Rebels on Marye's Heights.
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December 13 1862 -
Chancellorsville
The Union Army under General Hooker is defeated by General Grant E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of General Lee's tactics.
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May 4th 1863 -
Ghettysburg Adress
Abraham Lincoln gave a speech/adress to dedicate a cemetary to the fallen warriors who fought at Gheyytsburg. The adress was started with, "Four Score and seven years ago," these few words are know all the way across the world.
November 19 1863 -
Cold Harbor
Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties in twenty minutes during an offensive against fortified Rebels at Cold Harbor in Virginia.
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June 3 1864 -
Ulysses S. Grant: Appomattox Courthouse Surrender
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General Ulysses S. Grant met at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia to negotiate a surrender which would end the Civil War. General Lee's army was going to be the ones who surrendered so General Lee signed a letter written by General Grant confirming that General Lee was surrendering.
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April 9 1865 -
End Of The Civil War
The Official Ending of The Civil War after the treaty is signed and Accepted by both the Union and the Confederacy.
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April 9 1865 -
Robert E. Lee: Appomattox Courthouse Surrender
Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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April 9 1865 -
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