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Fort Sumter
The first battle of the Civil War. The confederate army bombarded the small union fort and succeeded. This showed the Union that the Confederacy was a real army that could defend themselves. -
First Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Antietam
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Formation of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Defeat of Vicksburg
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New York City Draft Riots
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Gettysburg Address
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Sherman's March to the Sea
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Creation of Freedmen’s Bureau
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Congress passes the 13th Amendment
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Surrender at Appomattox Court House
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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14th Amendment
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15th Amendment
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End of Reconstruction
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Supreme Court Case Plessy vs Ferguson