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Lincoln is against slavery and won the election of 1860 making many of the southern states seceed from the Union.
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The confederates open cannon fired on the Union beginning the civil war.
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The Union is defeated by the Confederate,
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The Confederate surprise attacked the Union killing and wounding 13,000 and 10,000 Confederates. This was the most men lost in all of the American wars so far.
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75,000 Union men were defeated by 55,000 Confederate causing the Union to retreat again.
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This day was the bloodiest day in American history. Out of this battle the Emancipation Proclomation was issued.
