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Lincoln was elected president of the united states
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bombarded and surrenders to South Carolina troops led by P. G. T. Beauregard.
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Lincoln orders a blockade of all Confederate ports.
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Confederate forces win a victory at the First Battle of Manassas.
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General Ulysses S. Grant prevails at the Battle of Shiloh,TN
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Lee forces McClellan’s army to retreat, ending the threat to Richmond in the Seven Days’ campaign.
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General George G. Meade compromises his victory by allowing Lee to retreat South
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declares that slaves in the seceded states are now free.
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Lee hands the Army of the Potomac another serious loss at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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Lee hands the Army of the Potomac another serious loss at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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General George G. Meade compromises his victory by allowing Lee to retreat South
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They surrenedered because of lack of food, supplies-many lives were lost
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Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address, in which he reiterates the nation’s fundamental principle that all men are created equal.
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At Jonesboro they cut the last railroad supplying Atlanta, forcing General John Bell Hood's Confederates to abandon the city.
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Lincoln is reelected President, with Andrew Johnson as Vice President.
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Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment
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destroyed by fire, most likely set by Sherman’s troops.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox.
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John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater
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Lincoln dies, and Andrew Johnson becomes President.
