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Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States.
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South Carolina secedes from the Union.
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The states of Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana secede from the Union.
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The Confederate States of America is formed.
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Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederate States of America.
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The first shot of the Civil War is shot at Fort Sumter by the Confederates.
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Within days of the Civil War, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina secede from the Union.
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect. This allows enslaved African Americans to be freed in rebelling Confederate areas and lets African Americans fight in the war.
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Indiana soldiers fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most important battles in the Civil War.
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John Hunt Morgan's raid terrorizes Indiana.
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Indiana Soldiers fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run, one of the worst battles in the Civil War.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to the Union General Ulysses s. Grant.
