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THe first election of President Abraham Lincoln
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Attack on Fort Sumter by the Confederacy
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The surrender of Fort Sumter to the Confederacy
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First Battle of Bull Run
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President LIncoln is re-elected for a 2nd term
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The Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia falls or is captured by the Union army
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Confederate States of America is fromed and Jefferson Davis is named its president
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Confederate States of America is fromed and Jerfferson Davis is named its President
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David Farragut and the Union Navy captures the seaport of New Orleans
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Gen. Ykysses 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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Battle of Chancellorsville
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General Robert E. Lee is given command of the Army of Northern Virginia
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The 7 Days Battle
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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Battle of Antietam
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
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The Union enacts or passes a law creating the first military draft of men into the army
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Confederate General Thoman "Stonewall" Jackson dies
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The Fall of Vicksburg
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The opening of the Confederate prisoner of war camp Andersonville
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Battles at the Wilderness
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Battle at Spotsylvania
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Battle at Cold Harbor
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Battle at Petersburg
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Untion General William T Sherman burns Atlanta, GA. to the ground and begins his March to the Sea
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an finishes his March to the Sea and captures Savannah GA
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President Lincoln dies and Vice President Andrew Johnson takes over as President of the U.S.
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The Confederacy and General Robert E Lee surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, VA