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Abraham Lincoln is elected president
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South Carolina secedes from the Union and within a couple months same with Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas
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The Confederate States of America is formed and Jefferson Davis is elected President
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The Confederates attacked Fort Sumter
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Lincoln issues a proclamation for 75,000 militiamen and a special session for congress on 4th of july
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virginia secedes from the union as well as Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina within five weeks after Virginia
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The Union loses The Bull Run Battle
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victory by General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennesse capturing Fort Henry
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President Lincoln is filled with grief because his 11 year old son died from a fever
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Confederates sink two Union wooden ships and with that made wooden ships obsolete
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Confederates had a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant in Shiloh on the Tennessee River
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17 Union ships sail up the Mississippi river to capture New Orlens
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The Battle of Seven Pines Confederates nearly win but Gen. Johnston is wounded
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General Robert E. Lee takes command from the wounded Johnston
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The Seven Days Battles as Lee attacks McClellan near Richmond
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Second Battle of Bull Run again Won by The Confederates and the Union retreats to Washington
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Lee invades the North with 50,000 confederate soldiers heading to Harpers Ferry
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General Lee was stopped in Antietam and he retreats to Virginia
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Preliminary Emancipation Proclaimation is issued by President Lincoln
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Preident changes the General to Burnside
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General Burnside suffers a Terrible edfeat in Fredricksburg losing 12,653 soldiers
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President Lincoln issues the Final draft of the Emancipation Proclaimation freeing all the slaves in the Confederate territories and asks for black soldiers
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President Lincoln assigns Joseph Hooker as the New General
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General Hooker loses the Battle of Chancellorsville and General Stonewall was wounded by his own men
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South takes a huge blow as General Stonewall dies from his wounds
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General Lee launches another invasion to the north heading to Pennsylvannia
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the President replaces General Hooker with General George G. Meade
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The Battle of Gettysburg with the victory of the Union
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Vicksburg is Lost by the Confederates and the Confederacy is effectly split into two
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The president meets up with abolitionist Fredrick Douglass fighting for equality for black soldiers
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Victory for the Confederates in the Battle of Chickamunga leaving some Union soldiers trapped there
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president Lincoln gives a two minute speech called the Gettysburg Address
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Victory by the Union at the Battle of Chattanooga
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The President Appoints General Grant command of his whole army
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General Grant starts advancing to Richmond
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General Grant makes a decision that costs 7000 Union soldiers in Cold Harbor
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The Union miss their chance to capture Petersburg resulting in a nine month siege of Petersburg
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Democrats nominated George B. McClellan for President
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Atlanta is under control of the Union
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Abraham Lincoln is Re-elected for president 4 MORE YEARS
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After destroying atlantas warehouses Union soldiers start the march to the sea
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Union soldiers Crush a Rebellion in Nashville
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The U.S Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to Abolish Slavery
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President Lincoln meets up with the confederate vice President Alexander Stephen for a peace conference
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Inauguration ceremonies for President Lincoln in Washington
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General Lee's last offensive begins with attacking Grants forces in Petersburg
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Grants forces Kill one of the Confederate generals and Lee retreats to Richmond which gets evacuated
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President Lincoln takes a tour to richmond to go to the Confederate White House
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General Robert E. Lee surrenders his confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant
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Celebration breaks out
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Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed
