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Elected the 16th President of the United States.
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are formed and elected Jefferson Davis as President.
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with an attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina
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Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas, forming an eleven state Confederacy.
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Robert E. Lee is offered command of the military and naval forces of the Confederacy, and accepts.
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President Lincoln issues General War Order No. 1 calling for all United States naval and land forces to begin a general advance. General Ulysses S. Grant wins several battles.
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Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, turning the tide of the war.
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General. Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General. Ulysses S. Grant
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John Wilkes Booth shoots the President in a theater.
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States is passed.
