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the battle of antietam, also known as the battle of sharpsburg was, the bloodiest single-day battle of the civil war- and of u.s history in 1812
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Lincoln won 180 of 183 electoral votes in free states. Lincoln was republican. although he received the highest number of votes, he won only about 40 percent of the overall popular votes
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In 1861, that sparked occurred at fort Sumter, a federal outpost in Charleston, south Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the civil war
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for several weeks in 1862 Lincoln worked intensely, thinking, writing and rewriting. he finally wrote the emancipation proclamation, the older to free the confederate slaves
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the first major battle of the civil war and the confederates victory. the battle is also know as the fist battle of Manasseh. it shattered the Norths hopes of winning the war quickly in 1862
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It was the second battle fought there, although it was a much larger battle than the first one. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by General Robert E. Lee, defeated the Union's Major General John Pope and his Army of Virginia.
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A key battle that finally turned the tide again the confederate.
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president Lincoln gave a speech called the Gettysburg address, in which he praised the bravery of union solders and renewed his commitment to winning the civil war.
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Sherman closed in on the last confederate defense. the union won the confederate.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by john Wilkes booth. he was 56 when he was assassinated
