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America gains Independedce from Britain
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Madison is elected president
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Joshua Shaw Invents the Percussion Cap
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First steam locomotive is tested
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Minie Ball was developed by the French
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Christian Sharps Develops his rifle
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First Springfield Gun W/ rifling
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Benjamin Tyler Henry develops the famous Henry Rifle
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The Confederacy is born
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Battle of Fort Sumter
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Lincoln signs the Pacific Railway Act
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First battle of Gettysgurg
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The last Battle of the Civil War