Periods
Nov 4: Abraham Lincoln Elected PresidentDec 20: The first state, South Caroline, secedes from the USApril 12: The South attacks Fort Sumter and the Civil War beginsApril 19: Lincoln announces the Union blockadeApril: Winfield Scott develops the Anaconda PlanJuly 21: First Battle of Bull Run, first major battleNov 8 : Trent AffairSept 17: The Battle of Antietam, single bloodies dayDec 11-15: Battle of FredericksburgJan 1: Lincoln issues the Emancipation ProclamationApril 30 - May 6: Battle of ChancelorsvilleMay 25 - July 4, 1863: Fall of Vicksburg, Lincoln
names Ulysses S Grant the leader of the Union aryJuly 1 - 3: Battle of Gettysburg, bloodiest battle
and turning point for the NorthDec 8: Lincoln issues the 10 percent planJuly 2: Congress passed the Wade-Davis Bill,
but it was pocket vetoed by LincolnSept 2: General Sherman captures AtlantaNov 8: Lincoln is reelected as PresidentApril 9: General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General
Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court HouseApril 14: Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes BoothApril 15: Andrew Johnson assumes Presidency
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