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Lincoln elected president
Lincoln wanted to end slavery, the southern states didn't want him as president because they wanted to keep their slaves -
South Carolina Secedes
South Carolina became the first state to leave the US within a few months other states left the US to -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The South attacks Fort Sumter and begins the war -
The first Battle of Bull Run
The Confederacy won this battle and showed that it would be a long war -
The Battle of Shiloh
The battle had ended with a staggering 24,000 combined casualties -
The second Battle of Bull Run
The Confederacy won and there was over 17,000 casualties -
The Battle of Antietam
The Union won and the battle gave Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation 5 days later -
The battle of Fredericksburg
The Confederacy won 8,000 casualties for the Union and 1,200 for the Confederacy -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation to set all slaves free -
The Battle of Gettysburg
On the last day of the battle 7/3/1863 "Pickett's Charge" was a big wave of confederates coming to finish off the Union and end the war but the result was the Confederacy retreating to Virginia
