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Lincoln elected into office
Abe Lincoln elected President of the United States -
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Important Dates of the Civil War
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South Carolina secedes
South Carolina leaves the Union -
Confederacy Formed
Seven states leave the Union to become the Confederacy -
Lincoln Inaugrated
Lincoln arrives in Washington D.C. in disguise -
Fort Sumter attacked
Fort Sumter was attacked by Southern regiments -
Bull Run (Manassas)
Bull Run was the first battle of the Civil War -
Fort Henery and Fort Donelson
General Grant captures two main forts on the Tennese River and the Cumberland River. -
Monitor vs. Merrimac
First ironclad battle of the Civil War -
Shiloh
Grant overcomes Southern forces with heavy fatalities -
New Orleans
Farragut seizes New Orleans after boldly attacking the Southern position. -
Pennsiular Campaign
McClellan attacked the South via Richmond -
Bull Run (2nd battle)
McClellan is replaced by Gen. Pope. Gen. Stonewall Jackson defeats Union troops a 2nd time at Bull Run. -
Antietam
Heavily outnumbered, Lee's troops faced McClellan's troops. 23,000 fatalites. -
Emanicpation Proclaimation
Lincoln frees all slaves -
Fredericksburg
General Burnside attacks General Lee's fortified position -
Chancellorsville
General Hooker defeated General Lee, but General Jackson was mistakenly shot and killed by his own men -
Gettysburg
Yankees and Rebels participate in the largest battle in the Western Hempishere -
Vicksburg
After a long battle, Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant -
Chattanoga
Reinforced with troops to the east, Grant pushed Rebels troops towards Atlanta -
Grant promoted
Grant is promoted to Lt. General -
Wilderness & Spotsylvania
Lee stops Yankee troops at Wilderness -
Atlanta to Savannah
General Sherman sends troops on a 300 mile path of chaos to the sea, trying to break the will of the South -
Petersburg
From June 1864 - April 1865, Yankees and Rebels fought, Grant destroying a main railroad stop for Rebels. -
Lee Surrenders
Lee surrenders at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia
