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War begins
Fort Sumter attacked by Confederate -
Seven Days' Battles
Seven Days' Battles begins near Richmond -
First battle of Bull Run
First battle of Bull Run/Manassas in Virginia -
Ironclads Battle
Moniter VS Virginia -
Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh -
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Second battle of Bull Run ( No specific date )
Second Battle of Bull Run/Manassas -
Antietam
Battle of Antietam -
Emancipation Proclamation
Issued on this date -
Seige of Vicksburg
Mid-May -
Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg begins -
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54th Massachussetts Infantry
led a Herioic charge ( no specific date ) -
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address to honor the fallen soldiers at Gettysburg. -
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Wilderness Campaign
A series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capital -
Surrender at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant