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Confederacy is formed
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Period: to
civil war
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Lincoln is elected 16th President
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Fort Sumter
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Lee becomes commander of Confederate army
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Merrimeck battles the Monitor
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Military Draft
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New Orleans Falls
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Antietam
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Chancelorsville
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Fort Wagner
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Quantrill burns Lawrence
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Gettysburg Adress
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Grant becomes Union Commander
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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Lincoln wins Re-election
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Shermans March
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Sherman reaches the sea
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Lincoln 2nd Inaugural Speech
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Richmond Falls to the Union
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Appomattox Court House
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Assassination of Lincoln
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13th Amendment ratified