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Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States -
South Carolina seceded from the union, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas in 1861. Later to be named the "Confederate States of America" -
The single-day battle of Antietam was the bloodiest battle of them all, it is still the most casualties in a single day battle in the US -
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln signed on January 1, 1863. It stated that the 3.1 million slaves in the Confederate States of America are free. -
The troops and Richmond fled, and Robert E Lee’s troops were surrounded. On April 7 Ulysses S. Grant called Lee to surrender. On April 9th the commanders met up at Appomattox Courthouse and Lee agreed to surrender.