1865. Union General Wm. T. Sherman begins march to Carolinas.
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1863. Union General Grant makes attempt on Vicksburg via Yazoo River.
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1864. Sherman leads Union troops out of Vicksburg and heads for the important railroad center at Meridian, MS.
1865. Hampton Roads Conference takes place aboard the Union steamship River Queen. Confederates propose peace with Lincoln.
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1861. Seceded states meet in Montgomery, AL and form Confederacy.
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1865. Battle of Hatcher’s Run, VA begins.
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1862. General Grant captures Fort Henry near Nashville, TN.
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1862. Confederate reinforcements are rushed to Fort Donelson. Three Confederate steamers are abandoned and destroyed to prevent them from falling into Union hands.
1862. Union begins naval attack of Roanoke Island, NC.
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1862. Union troops under Burnside take Roanoke Island, NC.
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1861. Jefferson Davis elected President of Confederacy.
1864. Union prisoners escape Libby Prison in Richmond.
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1862. USS Delaware pursues retreating Confederate naval forces after Roanoke.
1864. Two Confederate blockade runners destroyed by USS Florida.
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1861. President-elect Lincoln departs Springfield, IL.
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1862. Grant’s troops encircle Fort Donelson.
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1862. Union gunboats commence firing on Fort Donelson.
1862. CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) launched at Norfolk Naval Yards.
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1862. Union Ironclads arrive at Fort Donelson and fire on Confederate positions. Confederates return fire and end assault.
1863. After causing extensive damage to Confederate positions along the Mississippi,
Confederates capture USS Queen of the West.
1864. Confederates evacuate Meridian, MS.
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1862. Nathan Bedford Forest escapes Fort Donelson with Confederate cavalry. Confederate Generals Pillow and Floyd also flee.
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1862. When asked by Confederate General Buckner for terms, Grant replies…"No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender."