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Lincoln is elected president.
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The South secedes
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Six additional southern states secedes from the Union.
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The Confedate army attack Fort Sumter in april which signals the start of the Civil War.
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The battle of Big Bethel was the first land battle of the war in Virginia.
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Congress allowed Lincoln to accept African Americans into the military.
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The Confederate army under the command of General Lee retreats into Virginia
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In December the Confederat forces defeat the Union army at Fredericksburg.
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The Emancipation Proclamation takes place.
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Both sides suffer huge loses in the Union victory at Gettysburg. The Union controls Mississippi.
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Sherman captures ATL and begins his march to the sea. Also Lincoln won relection.
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Lincoln won his reelection.
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Lincoln is assinated by john wilkes booth
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John Wilkes Booth is killed be union soldiers.
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General Lee surrenders which ends the war. The 13th Amendment is ratified.