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On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States.
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South Carolina became the first slave state to declare that it had seceded from the United States.
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In Virginia the General Assembly lead into special session on January 7, 1861.
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Jefferson was elected President and Alexander H. Stephens, who was elected Vice President, under the Provisional Confederate States Constitution.
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Fort Sumter is a sea fort, notable for two battles of the American Civil War.
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The First Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas.
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The Battle of Antietam, particularly in the Southern United States, was fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was the major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the Civil War.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
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The Second Battle of Fort Wagner, was fought on July 18, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union Army troops commanded by Brig.
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The Battle of Appomattox was fought on the morning of April 9, 1865 it was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
