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Lincoln is first Republican to receive 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40% popular votes.
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The south secedes from the Union because they were afraid of the new president.
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A former U.S Army officer becomes president of the south.
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Lincoln is sworn in as our 16th president.
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This battle started the Civil War. The confederate soldiers opened fire with about 50 cannons.
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Lincoln summons a special session of Congress for July 4
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The confederacy has 9 million people where as the union has 20 million people
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President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against southern ports.
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Robert E Lee is accepted to lead the south's army and navy.
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Was the first battle of the civil war.
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First ground battle
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The union suffers defeat, they retreat back to Washington. Confederate Gen. Thomas J. Jackson was nicknamed "stonewall" because his brigade resist Union attacks.
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Confederate soldiers attacked unsuspected union soldiers at Shiloh. thirteen thousand union troops were killed or wounded. Only ten thousand confederate troops were wounded.
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The union gets defeated by the Confederacy. The Union retreats back to Washington again.
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The bloodiest day in U.S Military history. Gen. Lee and confederate armies are stopped at Antietam. By nightfall 26,000 soldiers are dead, wounded, or missing.
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Army of the Potomac suffers defeat. The confederacy losses 5,309 soldiers.
