Grant graduated in the US Military in West Point NY
George B. McClellan was admitted to West Point at age 15 and graduated in 1846
President Abraham Lincoln elected the 16th president of the USA
South Carolina secedes from the Union
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
Under General Ulysses S. Grant, Union forces captured two Confederate forts that controlled western Kentucky
In April Admiral David Farragut with his 40 Ships slipped past two Confederate forts and within a few days captured New Orleans
The Battle of Antietam, Confederate General Robert E. Lee included the North near Sharpsburg, Md. McClellan and the Union army successfully repelled the invasion
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
November 1862 George B. McClellan fired by Lincoln
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
July 4, 1863, Vicksburg was captured
November 1864 Lincoln ReElected
August 1864 Atlanta Captured
Battle of Sailor's Creek
On April 9 1865 Lee Surrendered to Grant
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April 14-15 1865 Lincoln Assassinated @ Ford’s Theater
