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Two day raid of Harper's Ferry hoping to instigate a slave revolt in the south, He was defeated by Robert E Lee, Ten of his men were killed, seven captured and four escaped.
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19th quadrinial election, Lincoln's first time accending to Presidentship, against Breckinridge, Bell, and Douglas. Preceeded Cival War.
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Southern Pro-slavery States decided upon Lincoln's election to seceed and become their own nation. Jefferson Davis President.
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A two day bombardment on Union Fort by Confederacy troops. They took the Fort and no lives were lost. Considered the start of the Civil War.
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A one day battle in Sharpsburg Maryland, it resulted in no clean victor. It is the bloodiest Day in American history, the resulting blood stained the bridge over nearby Antietam Creek.
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Lincoln's directive to the Confederate States of America that all enslaved people are and will be forever free.
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The first black regement in the United States military. An infantry regement under the command of Colonel Robert Shaw. They were considered one of the most effective regements in the Union army.
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The first black regement in the United States military. An infantry regement under the command of Colonel Robert Shaw. They were considered one of the most effective regements in the Union army.
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Ulysses S. Grant layed siege to the southern stronghold Vicksburg, he starved the city to the point that they ate rats and dogs while they were repeatedly shelled by the Union army.
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A great Union victory in an unintentional meeting in Pennsylvania escalated into a three day battle eventing in the souths retreat.
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The thirteenth ammendment ended all slavery or involuntary servitude in the Untied States.
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All people born in the United States (excluding native americans) are legal citizens of the United States and areprotected by it's constitution.
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The fifteenth ammendment granted equal voting rights to african americans.
