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On April 12th 1861 The North declared war on the south. It was the first time in the countries history that states had been at war together. It started because the south wanted to have slaves and the North did not agree with that so they decided to go to war to try and abolish slavery
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Major Robert Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter to Confederate forces after two days of horrible fighting
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Lincoln asks for a 500,000 man army. This is when people knew it was not going to be a short war
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The union retreats back to washington. Alot of people were watching the battle
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General Robert E. Lee takes command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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One of the blodiest fights in the war. The union lost 15,000 men
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Lincoln puts out a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation which means he intends to free all slaves
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Lincoln puts out the real Emancipation Proclamation which makes all slaves in captured territory free and orders the enlistment of black men in the army
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In just three days the Rebels defeat the union even though the south lost 13,000 men and the north lost 17,000
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Stonewall jackson one of the leaders of the south army is killed by one of his own men is the battle of Chancellorsville on accident
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The bloddiest battle of the entire war, a huge game changer when the south pushes the furthest they ever had into the northern territory. But the union comes out as the winner
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The union captures Atlanta and burns it to the ground
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The United States Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which will abolish slavery.
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The war ends and the Union wins so the South has to rejoin and slavery is abolished
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President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg adress speach
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Lincoln is killed in ford theatre by John Wilkes Booth
