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Missouri Compromise
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Comrpomie of 1850
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Fugitive Slave Law
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Uncle Tom;s Cabin
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Kansas-Neb. Act
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Dred Scott Decision
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Lincoln / Douglas Debates
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John Brown @ Harper's Ferry
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Electon of Lincoln
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South Carolina secedes from the Union
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Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as 16th president
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Battle of Big Bethel
the first land battle of the war in Virginia -
Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky
The Union victory weakened the Confederate hold on the state -
Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America
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Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to the Union Army
The capture of Vicksburg gives the Union complete control of the Mississippi River -
Second assault on Battery Wagner, South Carolina
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Dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery at Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address -
Escape from Libby Prison, Richmond
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First successful submarine attack of the Civil War
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Battle of Sabine Crossroads or Mansfield, Louisiana
the first major battle of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana -
Battle of Yellow Tavern
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Battle of Resaca, Georgia
General Sherman's armies are blocked at Resaca by General Johnston's Army of Tennessee -
Abraham Lincoln is nominated by his party for a second term as president
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Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest attacks and routs the Union command under General Samuel Sturgis -
The USS Kearsarge sinks the Confederate raider CSS ALabama near Cherbourg, France
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Battle of Monocacy, Maryland
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General John Bell Hood replaces General Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee
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Sherman's Army occupeies Fayetteville, North Carolina
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Union troops occupy Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia
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The Civil War oficially ends
General Simon Bolivar Buckner enters into terms for surrender of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, which are agreed to on June 2nd, 1865.
