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South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the union about a year after Lincoln is elected president.
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Lincoln is sworn into office as the sixteenth president of the United States.
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The battle at Antietam lasts for only12 hours but between the union and confederacy there are over 23,000 casualties this is the bloodiest day in US history
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In this three day battle, the north takes control of the war and starts to win more battles
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The battle of Vicksburg was a very important battle to the north since it gave them control of the Mississippi River meaning that it is harder for the south to get supplies to their troops.
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President Lincoln gives a very short two-minute speech where he talks about the battle of Gettysburg and the casualties of the war.
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At Appomattox Court House General Lee of the Confederacy surrenders to the Union army causing the end of the civil war.