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Abraham lincoln is elected president.
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First shots of civil war are fired at Fort Sumter
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Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Seven Pines
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Battle of Antetam
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect.
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Fall of Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Fall of Petersburg and Richmond.
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- Battle of Appomattox Court House and Surrender, Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
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President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth