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Major Events
Chapter 21 · 1861–1865
The Trent Affair
1861
The Battle of Antietam
September 1862
The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg
July 1863
The Siege of Vicksburg ends
July 1863
The Gettysburg Address
November 1863
Grant becomes commanding general
1864
Sherman's March to the Sea
1864
Lincoln is reelected
November 1864
Lee surrenders at Appomattox
April 9, 1865
Lincoln is assassinated
April 14–15, 1865
The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified
December 1865