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Lincoln opposed the extension of slavery into the new territories of the United States.
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The South attacks Fort Sumter South Carolina and starts the war.
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President Lincoln issues an executive order freeing many slaves and laying the groundwork for the Thirteenth Amendment.
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A major battle where the North not only wins the battle, but starts to win the Civil War.
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The leader of the Confederate Army, surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at The Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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