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Abraham Lincoln was from the northern part of the country and wanted to put an end to slavery. The southern states didn't want him president or making laws that would affect them.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede, or leave, the United States. They decided to make their own country rather than be part of the USA. Within a few months several other states including Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana would also leave the Union.
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The southern states form their own country called the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis is their president.
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Hostilities began when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, a key fort held by Union troops in South Carolina.
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President Lincoln issues an executive order freeing slaves.
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A major battle where the North not only wins the battle, but starts to win the Civil War.
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General Robert E. Lee, the leader of the Confederate Army, surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at The Appomattox Court House in Virginia.