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Repubilcan Candidate Abraham Lincoln is elected. -
After Lincoln, is elected president, South Carilona decides to secede from the nation, Becoming hte first state to leave the US.
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Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georiga, Lousiana, and texas all seceded from the US.
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All those states in the south that seceded come together to form the Confederate States of America. -
Confederacy makes the first move firing into Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in which started the Civil War.
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Union Army gets their first Win in Manassas, Virginia, first major battle in Civil War.
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A battle in Maryland, which was the most deadliest wars in all of the Civil War, in which the Union won.
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Battle in Virgina, in which led to troops under General Robert Lee, being able to demolish the Union army.
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Same place as the first Bull Run, expect this time, the Union is defeated. Confederacy taking their first win. -
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in which slaves were to live free in the Union. This also lead blacks enlisting in the army.
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After a series of losses to the Confederacy army to the likes of Robert Lee, Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg gives a speech in which honors those the battle of Gettysburg, in which the union won. Serving the Turning point in the war. -
Abraham Linconl decides to Make General Grant Lieutent, in which turns the tied after incompetent leadings.
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Battle in Virgina, first battle under the Lietenaut-General Grant. Result lead to Union having more casuilties then the Confederates but outcome was inconclusive.
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Lineutant Grant coutnerpart, William Sherman goes throught the south, in which in Geroiga, destroys Confederate Johnstons army.
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General Sherman's army went to raid the South, in which doing so captured North and South Carolina Territory, putting the Confederacy in vulnerable position. -
Battle in Virigna, Result in General Lee having to abandon to Richmond.
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A battle in Virginia in which led General Lee to negotiate plans with Union General Grant, which resulted in him surrendering. Ultimately proving the Unions chances of winning high.
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With the end of the Civil War coming, Abraham Lincoln was assisanted after being shot by John Wilks Booth. -
AFter, the assassination of former president Lincoln, vice president/democratic candidate Andrew Johnson becomes president.
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With the civil war wrapping up, the union was able to successfully capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis, resulting in overall surreder by the Confederacy.