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Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election as a Republican candidate.
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7 states leave the union to for the Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as their President.
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The first shorts of the American Civil War are fired at Fort Sumter by the Confederates.
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The first major battle of the Civil war is fought at Bull Run and is won by the Confederates.
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The Battle of Fredericksburg is won by the Confederates who seem too tough to be beat at this point.
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The Battle of Gettysburg is won by the Union and is considered a turning point of the war.
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The Union wins the battle at Vicksburg gaining control of the Mississippi River.
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Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address speech and helps America realize that the war is almost over and that they need to focus on building America as one nation again.
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Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of all Union armies by Abraham Lincoln.
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The Union defeats the Confederates at Atlanta using the Total War method.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Grant, ending the civil war.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater.
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Vice President, Andrew Johnson, is made president of the United States after former president, Abraham Lincoln, is assassinated.
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The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified by congress, abolishing slavery in the US.
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President Andrew Johnson is impeached by the House of Representatives and is found innocent by one vote.
