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November 6, 1860Lincoln Wins Close RaceAbraham Lincoln wins a four-way race for President of the United States. Although he does not win a popular majority and is not even on the ballot in nine southern states, he earns enough electoral votes to beat all other opponents.
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December 20, 1860South Caroline First to SecedeSouth Carolina officially secedes from the Union, becoming the first state to do so.
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TimelineHow It All Went DownNovember 6, 1860Lincoln Wins Close RaceAbraham Lincoln wins a four-way race for President of the United States. Although he does not win a popular majority and is not even on the ballot in nine southern states, he earns enough electoral votes to beat all other opponents.December 20, 1860South Caroline First to SecedeSouth Carolina officially secedes from the Union, becoming the first state to do so.January 9, 1861Mississipi. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_
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January 9, 1861Mississippi SecedesMississippi secedes from the Union.
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January 10, 1861Florida SecedesFlorida secedes from the Union.
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January 11, 1861Alabama SecedesAlabama secedes from the Union.
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January 19, 1861Georgia SecedesGeorgia secedes from the Union.
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February 1, 1861Texas SecedesTexas secedes from the Union.
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March 11, 1861Confederate Constitution SignedThe Constitution of the Confederate States of America is signed in Montgomery, Alabama.
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April 12, 1861Civil War BeginsConfederate forces under General P.G.T. Beauregard bombard Major Robert Anderson and his Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War officially begins.
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April 14, 1861Union Surrender at Ft. SumterMajor Robert Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter to Confederate forces after two days of bombardment. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
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June 1, 1862Robert E. Lee Assumes CommandGeneral Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
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January 1, 1863Emancipation ProclamationLincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. It frees all slaves in territory captured by the Union Army, and orders the enlistment of black soldiers. From this point forward, the Civil War is a war over slavery.
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March 9, 1864Lincoln Appoints GrantLincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant commander of all Union armies, ending his long search for a decent general to command northern forces. General William T. Sherman takes over as commander in the West.
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April 2, 1865Siege of Petersburg EndsThe Siege of Petersburg ends as Ulysses S. Grant's army breaks through Confederate lines and marches towards Richmond
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April 9, 1865Lee SurrendersGeneral Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse in the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The war is over.
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April 14, 1865Lincoln ShotAbraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
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