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He was the 16th president, and he won with 82% of the votes.
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Because of Lincoln winning the election, General Robert E. Lee led the 11 newly named Confederate States against the Union States.
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The battle was held at Charleston County, South Carolina. It was a Confederate victory and marking the beggining of the American Civil War.
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The Confederates met the Union at Manassas, Virginia. The Union retreated to the North. It was a Confederate victory.
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Two Confederate Diplomats (Mason and Slidell) were arrested on a mail ship (Trent) and were headed toward Great Britian.
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The battle was held at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. It was a Union victory. 4,600 out of 5,949 deaths were Confederate.
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Was in Shiloh,Tennessee. Union victory. General Johnston (Confederate genderal) was killed by a stray bullet.
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McClellan withdrew his troops to Harrison Landing, Richmond, Virginia
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Was held at Manassas, Virginia. It was a Confederate victory and was the most decisive battle for the Confederates
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Was in Sharpsburg, Maryland and it was the bloodiest battle.
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The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed freedom to all slaves.
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It was also known as the Enrollment Act and it enrolled male citizens between the ages of 20 and 45 to go to war at any moment necessary
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It was a Confederate victory. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson killed during battle.
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West Virginia was added to Union.
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Union victory over Confederates. Held at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Lincoln gave a speech in dedication to the Soldiers' National Cemetery.
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Was held at Cold Harbor, Virginia. It was a Confederate victory 13,000 of the 15,000 deaths were Union deaths.
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Lincoln defeated George McClellan in the election of 1864.
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Sherman left Tennessee and marched to Atlanta, Georgia with his 100,000 troops and destroyed everything in their path.
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John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head during the play "Our American Cousin."
