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Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay compromise the Fugitive Slave Act, and the slave trade in Washington D.C. Henry let California into the Union as a free state. Robert Toombs, Alexander Stephens, and Howell Cobb support Clay's legislation. Source: GeorgiaInfo -
The President Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat Breckinridge, Douglas, and Bell. The Northern and Southern Democrats split over slavery.
Lincoln was running on a platform that was called for denying the extension of slavery. Lincoln carry the northern states except Missouri. Source: GeorgiaInfo -
Antietam 1862
"The Army of the Potomac, under the command of George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee's forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862." A group of 400-500 Georgians, led by Robert Toombs, held off the Union to cross the bridge because one flank of the Union army wanted to cross a bridge and attack the Confederate right.
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Gettysburg 1863
Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 is the most important engagement of the American Civil War. General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania.
Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis met to discuss the war plans and ultimately made the decision to attempt to another of the North, which would culminate at Gettysburg.
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13th Amendment 1865
"Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
On April 8, 1864 the Senate passed and the House on January 31, 1865.
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Ku Klux Klan (KKK) 1865
On December 24, 1865 was original created in Pulaski, Tennessee, a group of Confederate veterans created the "KKK" during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
The "KKK" war reviewed on Thanksgiving night at Stone Mountain.
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