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Grant graduated in the US Military in West Point NY
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George B. McClellan was admitted to West Point at age 15 and graduated in 1846
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President Abraham Lincoln elected the 16th president of the USA
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South Carolina secedes from the Union
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The Confederate States of America is founded
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Attack on Fort Sumter (Official start of the Civil War)
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Civil War
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Under General Ulysses S. Grant, Union forces captured two Confederate forts that controlled western Kentucky
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In April Admiral David Farragut with his 40 Ships slipped past two Confederate forts and within a few days captured New Orleans
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The Battle of Antietam, Confederate General Robert E. Lee included the North near Sharpsburg, Md. McClellan and the Union army successfully repelled the invasion
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The Peninsula Campaign, The primary objective in the east was the capture Richmond. The Battles were the Union’s first serious attempt and were a massive disappointment
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November 1862 George B. McClellan fired by Lincoln
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In the spring of 1862, The union navy had sealed off every major Southern harbor along the Atlantic coast except for Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina
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1862-1863 The Western Theater
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July 4, 1863, Vicksburg was captured
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November 1864 Lincoln ReElected
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August 1864 Atlanta Captured
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Battle of Sailor's Creek
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On April 9 1865 Lee Surrendered to Grant
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April 14-15 1865 Lincoln Assassinated @ Ford’s Theater