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A major event which lead to the Civil war.
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Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons.
This is the begining of the Civil war -
By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. Lee then withdraws to Virginia.
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President Lincoln issues the final emancipation
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General Lee with 75 000 confederates launches his second invasion of the North
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Thiq compaign involve all the Union Armies. In Virginia, Grant with an Army of 120,000 begins advancing toward Richmond to engage Lee's Army of Northern Virginia
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He has defeat the Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln carries all but three states with 55 percent of the popular vote
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The last offensive for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia begins with an attack on the center of Grant's forces at Petersburg. Four hours later the attack is broken.
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Grant's forces begin a general advance and break through Lee's lines at Petersburg. Confederate Gen. Ambrose P. Hill is killed. The next day, Union troops enter and raise the Stars and Stripes.
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Remaining Confederate forces surrender. The Nation is reunited as the Civil War ends. Over 620,000 Americans died in the war