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Lincoln was for the North. He wanted to abolish slavery. Many people from the South did not want him as president.
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This state was the first to succeed. It starts the war.
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The Confederate States of America was a republic composed of eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union in order to preserve slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites.
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The South attacks Fort Sumter.
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The First Battle of Bull Run,was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Mananas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C.
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The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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The Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) proved to be the deciding battle in the Civil War campaign waged between Union and Confederate armies in northern Virginia in 1862.
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The Battle of Gettysburg, is considered the most important battle of the American Civil War. It was Union victory.
