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Civil War (according to HistoryPlace.com)

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    Civil War

  • Lincoln gets elected as 16th president

    Abraham Lincoln gets elected as president of the USA

  • South Carolina secedes from the USA

    South Carolina secedes from the USA

  • Confederate States of America is formed

  • Lincoln inaugurated as 16th president

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

  • 10 other states secede

  • First Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Shiloh

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

  • Surrender at Appomattox Court House, VA

  • President Lincoln is shot

  • President Lincoln dies

  • John Wilkes Booth is shot

  • Remaining Confederate forces surrender

  • 13th Amendment abolishes slavery