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Emancipation proclamation is issued
Emancipation proclamation is issued -
Battle of gettysburg takes place.
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Grant is put in charge of all Union armies
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Archduke maximilian of austria becomes emperor of mexico
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First international workingmen's association is established
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Lincoln is reelected
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Union takes Richmond. Lee surrenders at Appomattox count house. Lincoln is assassinated
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English officials arrest Fenian leaders of planned uprising in ireland