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On this date, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th president of the United States.
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On this date, the first shots of the civil war were shot at Fort Sumter. This was the spark of the war. It took place in South Carolina.
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On this date, Robert E. Lee launched series of attacks on the Union. This made the Union army retreat back to Richmond, Virginia.
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On this date, the first major battle of the Civil War took place. The Confederacy won as it destroyed the North's hopes of winning the war.
