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1861 South Carolina attacks Fort Sumter Confederacy defeats Union at First Battle of Bull Run.
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The main cause of the war was because slavery, Industry vs. Farming,States' Rights, The president, Bleeding Kansas, etc...
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the Civil War's lasting effects include abolishing the institution of slavery in America and firmly redefining the United States as a single, indivisible nation rather than a loosely bound
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The War Between the States was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as 16th President of the United States of America
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The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.
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Confederate warships turned back the supply convoy to Fort Sumter and opened a 34-hour bombardment on the stronghold.
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At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The garrison surrendered
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1862 Union defeats Confederacy at Shiloh and Antietam.
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First Bull Run was the first major battle of the war. Both the North and the South thought it might be the last. First Bull Run.
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1863 Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation Union defeats Confederacy at Gettysburg and Vicksburg Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address.
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The war ended in Spring, 1865.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. The last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas.
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