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He led the party that didn't approve of slavery, there was a divide in the country leading to the Civil War. -
South Carolina was afraid that slavery would be outlawed with Abraham Lincoln as president. -
Six states formed the Confederacy and elected Jefferson Davis their first president. -
Southern Forces attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
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The first ever major land battle of the American Civil War, in Virginia, by the town Manassas. -
In Tennessee, it was the first major battle to happen in the western theater of war
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The Confederacy won with Stonewall Jackson leading them. -
One of the bloodiest days in American history. It was in Sharpsburg Maryland, General Robert E. Lee. was the leader for the south and General George B. McClellan was the north. The north claimed victory because Lee and his army had to run away. -
Lincoln signs an order freeing many slaves -
The deadliest battle of the Civil War that lasted three days. It was a turning point of the war because the confederacy had to retreat. -
This took place in Virginia and was the start to the end of the Civil War. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses Grant -
John Wilkes Booth kills Lincoln at the Ford Theatre.
