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Lincoln wanted to end slavery, the southern states didn't want him as president because they wanted to keep their slaves
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South Carolina became the first state to leave the US within a few months other states left the US to
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The South attacks Fort Sumter and begins the war
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The Confederacy won this battle and showed that it would be a long war
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The battle had ended with a staggering 24,000 combined casualties
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The Confederacy won and there was over 17,000 casualties
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The Union won and the battle gave Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation 5 days later
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The Confederacy won 8,000 casualties for the Union and 1,200 for the Confederacy
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Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation to set all slaves free
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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
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