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Missouri Compromise
As long as there were an equal number of slave-holding states in the South as non-slave-holding states in the North, the two regions had even representation in the Senate and neither could dictate to the other, but every new territory seaking statehood threatened the balance, and most of them wished to be free states. -
South Politically Attacked Again
Gibbons v. Ogden ruled in favor of federal power over state's power in interstate commerce -
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
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John C. Calhoun writes an exposition protesting the Tariff of 1828 and states that South Carolina will secede if it isn't repealed. -
First Public Debates on Slavery
Debates are held at the Lane Theological Seminary -
Gag Order
Gag order placed on the topic of slavery in the House of Representatives -
South Politically Attacked by Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor, the current president threatens to veto the Compromise of 1850 even if it meant Civil War -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown raids a military store in an attempt to create and arm a slave revolt -
Lincoln Wins Close Race
Abraham Lincoln wins a close presidantial race against four other canidates. He does not win popular majority and in some southern states he wasn't even put on the ballot. -
South Carolina Secedes
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Mississippi Secedes
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Florida Secedes
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Alabama Secedes
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Georgia Secedes
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Louisiana Secedes
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Texas Secedes
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Lincoln's Inauguration
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Confederate Constitution Signed
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Civil War Officially Begins
The Union refused to surrended the fort that rightfully belonged to the Confederacy after South Carolina seceded, and refused to recognize the Confederacy as it's own nation. The Confederacy laid siege and the Union surrendered on April 14th. -
Virginia Secedes
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Arkansas Secedes
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Tenessee Secedes
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North Carolina Secedes
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Lincoln Request's an Army
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First Battle of Manassas
Confederacy is more prepared and makes the Union Army retreat in a panic -
Moniter vs. Merrimac
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Battle of Shiloh
Union victorious but suffers more casualities -
Robert E. Lee Assumes Command
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The Seven Days
Robert E. Lee sends McClellan into retreat -
Second Battle of Manassas
Resounding victory for Confederacy, results in a Union general being relieved of his duties -
Antietam - Bloodiest Day in US History
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Fredricksburg - Union Loss
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Emancipation Proclamation Issued
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Chancellorsville - Union Loss
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Stonewall Jackson Killed
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Gettysburg - Confederate Loss
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Vicksburg Siege - Confederate Loss
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Battle of Chickamauga - Union Loss
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Grant Takes Command
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Virginia Campaign
Grant marches for the Confederate capital -
Sherman Burns Atlanta
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Battle of the Wilderness - Horrific Losses to Both Sides
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman begins his infamous March to the Sea, cutting a swath of destruction 300 miles long and 60 miles wide through Georgia. "All war is hell," he comments. His army commences raping, burning, murdering, and pillaging every home and town they come across. Men are murdered, women and children were raped, and livestock were killed. -
Savannah Capture - End of Sherman's March to the Sea
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Thirteenth Amendment Passed
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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
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Fall of Richmond
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Lee Surrenders
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Lincoln Dies
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Johnston Surrenders
