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November 6, 1860
Abraham Lincoln is Elected 16th U.S. President

December 20, 1860
South Carolina Secedes from the union

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January 9-26
Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana all secede from the union

February 1
Texas secedes from the union

February 4
The Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) are formed in Montgomery Alabama. The U.S. Army also attacks an arizona Apache territory and subsequently starts the Apache-Navajo Wars (1861-1865)

February 9
C.F.A. President Jefferson Davis is elected in to power

April 12-13
Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina starting the Civil War

April 15-17
Lincoln calls for troops. Virginia secedes from the union

May 6
Arkansas secedes from the union

May 8
C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis Authorizes 400,000 Volunteers

May 20
Richmond, Virginia becomes the capital of the C.F.A. North Carolina secedes from the union

June 8
Tennessee secedes from the union

June 13
The U.S. Sanitary Commission is created to provide care to wounded soldiers and their families

July 21
The first major battle takes place in Manassas, Virginia. the battle claimed more than 4,000 people and was later called the battle of bull run.

July 22
The First Command is taken charge on the union side by Major General George. B McClellan and is named the Army of the Potomac

August 5
Congress imposes the first federal income tax

November 8
The U.S. Navy seizes 2 confederate diplomats aboard a neutral british vessel, Bringing The U.S. and Britain to the brink of war

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February 14-16
The union Attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee with Major Ulysses. S Grant at the helm. The confederates surrender within 2 days

March 8-9
A confederate ship, the CSS Virginia, sinks 2 union ships during a battle, in Pea Ridge Arkansas. The next day the CSS Virginia battles another U.S. Ship, the USS Monitor, which subsequently ends in a draw.

April 5
The union begins a siege of Yorktown Virginia led by McClellan

April 6-7
The battle of Shiloh, Tennessee ensues claiming 23,741 lives

April 16
Slavery ends in Washington D.C. and the C.S.A initiates its first military draft

May 6
U.S. Congress passes the homestead act, which grants up to 160 acres to new settlers who improve their land for at least 5 years

May 31
General Robert E. Lee takes command of the Army of Northern Virginia

June 19
Lincoln signs a law prohibiting slavery in U.S. territories

July 17
U.S. Congress passes the Second Confiscation Act, which frees slaves recaptured by the union

August 29-30
A second battle ensues in Manassas Virginia which subsequently ends in a confederate victory

September 17
The battle of Antietam Occurs in Maryland. It is the bloodiest battle of the war with 23,000 casualties

September 22
Lincoln issues the preliminary emancipation proclamation

December 13
The union suffers its worst loss at the Battle of Fredericksburg

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January 1
Lincoln issues his official Emancipation Proclamation, officially allowing black soldiers and sailors into union forces

February 26
Cherokee nation abolishes slavery, declares support for the union

March 3
Lincoln signs the first federal draft law

May 22
The Bureau of Colored Troops is established to organize black regiments

June 20
West Virginia is admitted to the union

July 13-17
Riots ensue in New York over the draft.

November 19
Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg address

December 8
Lincoln delivers proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction which pardons secessionists who swear allegiance to the U.S.

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March 9-10
Ulysses S. Grant is promoted to Lieutenant General of U.S. Armies

April 12
Confederates capture Fort Pillow, Tennessee and slaughters many of the colored troops

May 5-7
General William T. Sherman starts his campaign to take back Atlanta

August 9
U.S General Phil Sheridan starts a campaign to take back the territory of the Shenandoah Valley

September 2
Sherman Captures Atlanta and decides to continue towards the sea

November 8
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected U.S President versus McClellan

December 15-16
The majority of the confederates western troops are destroyed at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee.

December 22
Ending his campaign, William T. Sherman takes hold of Savannah Georgia.

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January 31
U.S. House passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery

February 18
Sherman's army moves through Columbia, South Carolina, and meets with troops occupying Charleston

March 13
Davis Signs a "Negro Soldier law" authorizing the enlistment of slaves

April 9
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia

April 14-15
John Wilkes Booth Assassinates Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Becomes President

April 26
C.S.A General Joe Johnston surrenders to Sherman in North Carolina

May 10
General Davis is captured effectively ending the war

June 19
U.S. Major General Granger issued general orders, confirming those enslaved in Texas had been freed under the 1963 emancipation proclamation.