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All throughout 1860 there were tensions between the North and the South, and Indiana was right smack in the middle.
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November of 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President.
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On April 12th, the Civil War began.
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In 1862, many Hoosier soldiers were starting to fight.
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In February of 1862, there was a Battle for Fort Donelson.
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This was the Second Battle of Bull Run- 164 out of 423 men lived. The picture is of the Bull Run Bridge.
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President Abraham Lincoln issued a statement saying that as of January 1, 1863, an Emancipation Proclamation would be in effect.
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In 1863, John Hunt Morgan disobeyed the rules and led about 2000 men over the Ohio River on horseback into Southern Indiana.
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The Confederate army was hopelessly outnumbered by the Union army.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee deicided to forfeit the war, and Union troops Ulysses S. Grant accepted his surrender at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
