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and his goal was to keep the nation together.
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Civil War Starts
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was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia
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was a fight between the Union and the Confederate at the Atlantic Ocean. Neither ship sank each other.
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began in Corinth, Mississippi
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took place in Pennsylvania 150, 300 people died in this battle from both the Union and the Confederate.
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and about 6,000 soldiers were killed and 17,000 people were badly wounded.
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the union army attacked and they beat the confederate army really bad.
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Abraham Lincoln announced that he would issue the Emancipation Proclamation. This decreed freeing all enslaved people in rebel territory.
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Lee divided his forces in Virginia in response to Generals Hookers having done the same thing.
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National Cemetery was dedicated to Gettysburg. There Abraham Lincoln spoke the Gettysburg Address.
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Abraham Lincoln gave a speech called the Gettysburg Address and said that every body who died should be remembered.
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The Civil War Ends
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1865 by John Wilkes Booth in Fords Theatre and some other important people got assassinated with the killing of Lincoln