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Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinwridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas. Abraham Lincoln secured the White House with little virtually no Southern support.
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South Carolina acts first. Occured following Lincoln's re election.
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Contained seven states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Jefferson Davis declared Confederacy over in 1865.
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Lincoln feared anti war officials of Maryland would destroy rail lines.
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Union forces were slow in positioning themselves, allowing Confederate reinforcments to arrive by rail.
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Levied to help pay the Union's war effort.
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Permitted court proceedings for confiscation of any property used to support the confederate.
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International diplomatic Incident that resulted in an interception of a British Mail packet being intercepted.
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Naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, which is a harbour at the mouth of the James River. This battle was notably history’s first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare.
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Major Battle in the Western Theater of American Civil War. The confederates achieved considerable success the first day, but ultimately were defeated the second day.
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Helps to provide fresh manpower to the union army.
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Law that formed the legal basis for the presidents Emancipation Proclamation.
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Historic town in West Virginia.
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Was part of the Maryland Campaign andwas the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717.
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Executive order by the president to end slavery in the ten states that still had it.
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Captured by the Union.
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The final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Vicksburg was sieged by General Grant and his army.
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William T. Sherman overwhelmed defending the city under John B. Hood.
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Abraham Lincoln ran against George B. McClellen. Even Lincoln feared he would lose. He was almost defeated due to his Emancipation of slavery.
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Most destructive campaign through human civilization. Lasted through Dec. 21.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant upon the realization that his army was tired and weak. Bloodiest conflict in the country's history.
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Lincoln's assasination occured at Ford's Theater while he was attending a play. The plot was carried out by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was the first American president to be assasinated.
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Richmond Falls to the Federalists.
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Abolishment of slavery. Instituted by Abraham Lincoln.