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Lincoln taking office made the south mad and the south wanted to leave the union because he wanted to end slavery
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General Beauregard sent Major Anderson a message saying that he would that he would fire in a hour if Anderson wouldn't surrender, the south bombed from all sides
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The confederates won but both sides suffered,- Lincoln signed a bill that authorized and established ment of 500,000 new union soilders
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neither side won the battle ,Lincoln was disappointed that general McClellan's did not pursue the confederate army
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Last major port held by the south- If north won confederacy would be cut off from supply lines to the west
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it only freed the slaves that were not under union control - but eventually it did free all the slaves
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most important battle for the north -46000 casualties including nearly 8000 deaths
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President Lincoln attended the declaration of the soldiers national cementery -His speech lasted only 2 minutes
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March through Georgia -from Atlanta to Savannah-$100M in damage
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The last general that surrenders was General Stand Watie -President Andrew Johnson signed document stating that war was over
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Shot by John Wilkes Booth- Lincoln had told his bodyguard that he had dreamt that he would be assassinated the day he got shot
