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The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official beginning of the American Civil War. Confederate militia forces began seizing United States forts and property throughout the south.

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 April 19 - Pratt Street Riot in Baltimore, Maryland

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 April 19 - Pratt Street Riot in Baltimore, Maryland

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Following the secession of the Southern states and the bombardment of Fort Sumter, a mob of Confederate Southern sympathizers attacked newly raised Union state militia troops transiting through the town on April 18–19, 1861 in some of the first bloodshed of the American Civil War.

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May 8 1862- Battle of McDowell, Virginia

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May 8 1862- Battle of McDowell, Virginia

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The Battle of McDowell was the first Confederate victory during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. It relieved pressure on Richmond and saved the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy”

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General Robert E. Lee invaded Maryland to move the focus of fighting away from the South and into Federal territory. this was to show that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater.

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Emancipation Proclamation, January 1st 1863

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Emancipation Proclamation, January 1st 1863

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.

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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.

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July 3 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg concludes

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July 3 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg concludes

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Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee's second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a end. The loss there dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of America to become an independent nation.

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March 12 1864 - Red River Expedition begins in Louisiana

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March 12 1864 - Red River Expedition begins in Louisiana

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The Red River Campaign, which included the largest combined army-navy operation of the war, was the last decisive Confederate victory of the war. The target of the campaign was Shreveport, the capital of Confederate Louisiana and the headquarters for the Army of the Trans-Mississippi.

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The Battle of Cold Harbor was the final offensive in General Grant's Overland Campaign to capture Richmond and defeat the Army of Northern Virginia. Confederate victory

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The surrender at Appomattox on April 9. While it was the most significant surrender to take place during the Civil War, Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy's most respected commander, surrendered only his Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all United States forces, started the conclusion of the Civil War.

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Why do you think Robert E Lee surrendered at the end of the war?

What do you think the Emancipation Proclamation did to the south?