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This was when Abraham Lincoln was elected out of presidency, and declared The South State Rebellion.
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A federal outpost in Charleston, S.C. that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.
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It was the first major battle of the Civil War, and the Confederates victory .
The battle is also known as the first Battle of Manassas. It shattered the Norths hope of winning in the war quickly.
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Thomas " Stonewall' Jackson's met pope union forces on the battlefield. The union lead by A.H.Nickerson..(Three day battle)Second battle of Manassas.
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The battle of Sharpsburg, was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War and if the U.S. History.
More soldiers were killed in this battle than the deaths of all Americans in the American Revolution, War of 1812, And the Mexican- american war combined.
Confederate Leaders, McClellan, Lee's Ar,y, Union officers. -
Lincoln worked intensely, thinking ,writing, rewriting then he finally wrote the order "Emancipation Proclamation".
The order to free the confederate slaves.
"All persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in the Rebellion against the United States shall then be then, henceforward, and forever free". - Emancipation Proclamation -
Lee's troops ran right into the Union General G. Meades Calvary triggering the key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederate.
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President Lincoln gave a speech called the Gettysburg Address in which he praised the bravery of the Union Soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War.
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Sherman closed in on the last confederate defenders in North Caroline. Lee was forced to retreat from Richmen.
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Unfortunately Abraham Lincoln was killed in Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. By actor John Wilkes Booth because of the new slave rules/laws.
