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In the 1860 election, Lincoln ended up winning the election against McClellan running for his second term. Lincoln that election ended up with nearly 2 million popular votes.
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After the changes the Union has begun to create regarding slavery, South Carolina and many other slave states grew unhappy with such. South Carolina eventually decided to then remove itself from the states due to their declining rights to slavery.
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In his address, he spoke out how he wanted to at least halt the acts of slavery in the states, but not fully eliminate them yet. He also spoke about how he was very against the states seceding the nation in retaliation to his ideas.
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The Confederates pushed up onto Fort Sumter, where they forced the Union to surrender the fort. They didn't, which led to it being bombed.
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The First Battle of Bull Run was actually the battle of First Manassas. It stood as the first major battle in the Civil War.
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Also referred to as Battle of Hampton Roads. The battle also marked one of the first naval battles in the war with more modern naval technology.
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Robert E. Lee was employed to lead the army in Virginia under the Confederates. Lee was known well for how he was a good commander with a good army with notable soldier, "Stonewall" Jackson.
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The battle was a very interesting battle in how it played out, since Lee's plans were found wrapped in cigars, for the Union to find out about. The battle was also known was the single bloodiest day in American History.
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The Battle of Fredericksburg was the largest and also most deadly battle fought in the war, with over 200,000 soldiers present in total. In the end, the Confederates won, with the Union retreating from their loss.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a massive event in the history of America. The act alone had freed any enslaved blacks and made slavery illegal.
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This battle was one of the many battles in the war, and had lasted 3 whole days. The Confederates lost 28,000 troops, while the Union lost 23,000 troops.
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Similarly to what the Confederates did on Fort Sumter, the Union surrounded Vicksburg. They planned 6 other attacks prior, which failed, but after a 2 month struggle, the Confederates lost.
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Lincoln gives his famous Gettysburg Address as a dedication to the Gettysburg National Cemetery. The speech lasted about 2 minutes.
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After seceding from the nation, the Confederate states create a temporary government. That government, which Jefferson Davis was elected as the first President of the Confederacy.
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Lincoln gave his second inaugural address following the beginning of his second term. He gave the speech also 41 days before his untimely assasination.
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At Appomattox, Robert E. Lee surrenders him and his 28,000 men to Ulysses Grant and his army. This event was the event that effectively ended the Civil War entirely.
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On April 15, 1865, whilst watching a play, Lincoln was shot in the back of the head by one of the actors on scene. The actor which had shot him was John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth was the actor responsible for killing President Abraham Lincoln whilst at a play. He died 11 days later where he was shot in a barnhouse and died soon after.