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Attack on fort sumter by the Confederacy
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First Battle of Bullrun ( First Manassas)
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Confederate States of America is formed and jeffferson Davis is named its president
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The first election of president Abraham Lincoln
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gets Union victories atFort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee
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Gen Ulysses S grant gets union victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee
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Battle of the Ironclads
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Battle of Shiloh
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David Farragut and the Union Navy captures the seaport of New Orleans
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Battle of Petersburg
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Battle of Petersburg
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General Robert. Lee is given command of the Army of Northern Virginia
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The 7 days battle
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The 7 days battle
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second battle of bullrun
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Second battle fo bull run or second manassas
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Battle of Antietam
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battle of fredericksburg
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The Fall or captureof Vicksburg
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The opening of the Confederate Prisoner of war camp Andersonville
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Battles at the Wilderness OR The Wilderness Campaign
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Battles at the Wilderness OR The Wilderness Campaign
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battle of Spotsylvania
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Battle of Spotsylvania
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Battle at Cold Harbor
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Battle at Cold Harbor