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During the start of the election there were 4 candidates like;Republican Abraham Lincoln,Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas and Constitutional Union John Bell
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When it came to voting for a new president Abraham Lincoln takes the victory but before the inauguration 7 states have already seceded from the Union
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The confederates had wanted to take the Fort but the Union refused. And when President Lincoln took charge he sent supply ships to the Fort and this led to the confederates to fire at the Fort. After 30 hours the confederates retreated starting the civil war with a confederate victory. After that confederate victory 4 more states have joined the confederates.
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The First Battle of Bull Run was the first biggest engagement of the civil war.The Union had tried to take the capital from the confederates but had failed embarrassedly. It had led to a very bad Union defeat and made them realize that this war is destined for a long bloody war.
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The Battle of Belmont was a Tie as most people would say because both Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate Gideon J. Pillow both claimed victory but neither side had gained land nor strategic advantage
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The first battle to use the IronClad Warships. These warships were to protect the Union Fleet and to go against the confederates Ironlad Warships
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The Union were trying to take the Confederate capital in Richmond,Virginia. But were unsuccessful due to Robert E. Lee taking over as General for the Confederate Army. The battles in these seven days were brutal losing 15,000 man in the Union side and 20,000 in the Confederate side.
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The Second Battle of Bull Run was a 'deja' vue from the previous Battle. But it was more gruesome but it also led to a Confederate victory which led to a invasion to the North led by General Robert E. Lee
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The Battle of Antietam was a very bloody battle that had ended in a tie with the Union and the Confederate
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The Battle of Fort Henry was the First combat use for ironclad gunboats
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the most gruesome and brutal battle that has ever happened in the civil war.The second invasion that Robert E. Lee did to the north.It ended in a Union Victory but both sides suffered major casualties.
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The battle of Chickamauga was the first largest battle in the Western Theater that the confederates won
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The Battle of Wilderness was the first battle that Ulysses S.Grant and Robert E. Lee clashed against each other the battle endedin a tie but some say the Union had more offensive tactics that make the Union win the battle
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The Battle of the Appomattox Court House was the battle that had changed the war when Robert E. Lee was defeated by Ulysses S. Grant, Robert had no choice but to surrender thous leading to a major loss of the largest Confederate army. This did not end the war but it surely meant the end of the war and led to a Union Victory
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The very last battle of the civil war after this battle the war ended in a Union Victory
