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Abraham Lincoln becomes President.
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Congress authorizes the Union Army to accept African American Soldiers
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Abraham Lincoln signs The Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved people living in states under the control of the confedracy.
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Civil war ends when confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court Hous in Virginia.
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Congress authorizes a five cent coin called the nickel.
