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Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. Not long after this eleven states seceded from the Union marking the beginning of the Civil War.
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To begin the War, the Confederacy laid siege to a Union Fort in South Carolina.
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This battle was encouraged by President Lincoln. Lincoln pushed his general to mount an offensive into the confederate states.
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Lincoln's speech that ended up freeing the southern slaves.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the beginning of an offensive mounted by Robert E Lee into the Northern states. The bloodiest battle of the war Lee's invasion into the Northern states failed once again.
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This battle in Tennessee was a sad one for the Confederates. The Confederates took significant losses and the loss of land allowed for the Union Army to march into the south.
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General Lee was surrounded by the Northern Troops. Lee surrendered to the troops of Ulysses S. Grant.
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After the forces of General Lee surrendered to Grant John Wilkes Booth snuck into the booth of Abraham Lincoln and shot him in the back of the head.
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