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The Election of 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln became the president of the United States. He didn't win any votes in the South but he got the majority of electoral votes. -
The Confederate States Form is the collection of all 11 States from the United States in 1860 and the election of President Abraham Lincoln. -
Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America -
The Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison. -
Confederate troops were far too disorganized to press their advantage and pursue the retreating Yankees. -
The second great engagement of the American Civil War fought in southwestern Tennessee, resulted in a victory for the North and in large casualties for both sides. -
The Battle of Antietam pitted Union General George McClellan's Army of the Potomac against General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. -
President Abraham Lincoln declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point in the Civil War. -
The Battle of Vicksburg was a war were decisive Union victory during the American Civil War that divided the Confederacy and cemented the reputation of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
The Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman led troops through the Confederate state of Georgia, pillaging the countryside and destroying both military outposts and civilian properties. -
The Gettysburg Address is a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln. The official dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery -
Abolished slavery in the United States. -
General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. -
On April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. The way he died was a gunshot to the head.