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Jefferson Davis President
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State 1 left Union
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State 2 left Union
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State 3 left Union
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State 4 left Union
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State 5 left Union
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State 6 left Union
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Attack on Fort Sumter by the Confedracy
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State 7 left Union
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Surrender of Fort Sumter to the Confederacy
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State 8 left Union
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State 9 left Union
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General Robert E. Lee is given command of the Army of Northern Virginia
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Confedrate Capitol Richmond, Virginia falls to Union
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State 10 left Union
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of the Ironclads
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Battle of Shiloh
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Union Navy captures seaport in New Orleans
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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Union passes law creating the first military draft
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Confedrate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies
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Opening of the P.O.W. camp in Andersonville
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The Wilderness Campaign
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Abraham Lincoln re-elected for second term
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Sherman's March
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President Lincoln dies and V.P. Andrew Johnson takes over
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Appromattox Courthouse Surrender to Union