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Confederacy is formed.
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First Battle of Bull Run.
First major land battle of The American Civil War. -
Monitor battles Merrimack.
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First Military Draft.
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New Orleans falls to the Union.
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Lee becomes Commander of Northern Virginia.
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Battle of Antietam.
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Battle of Fredericksburg.
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Emancipation Proclamation signed.
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Battle of Chancellorsville.
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Battle of Vicksburg.
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Attack on Fort Wagner.
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Quantrill burns Lawrence.
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Lincoln delivers The Gettysburg Address.
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Grant takes control of Union Army.
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Battle of Cold Harbor.
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Sherman burns Atlanta.
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Lincoln wins re-election.
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Sherman reaches Savannah.
South is split. -
13th Amendment ratified.
Abolishing all slavery. -
Lincoln 2nd Inaugural Speech.
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Richmond falls to Union controls.
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Appomattox Courthouse.
The location where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Lincoln assassinated.
