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Abraham U.S. presidents election victory was marred by the quick secession of seven Southern states , leading to the civil war
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Lincoln secretly arrived in Washington,D.C., after having change travel plans to avoid possible assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland .
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Abraham lincoln was the 16th president in united states
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Told the New York newspaper that preserving the Union his main goal of the civil war - no abolishing slavery ." If I could save union without freeing any slave I would do it, and If I could save it by freeing all slaves I would do it" lincoln said
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Proclamation freed about 20,000 of slaves in confederate-held territory , and established emancipation as a union war goal .
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Model for reinstatement of southern states called the "10 percent plan ".
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lincoln re-election ensured that he would preside over successful conclusion if the Civil War . Lincoln victory made him first president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson in 1832
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assassinates Lincoln ,Congress establish Freedmen's Bureau,Thirteenth Amendment ratified . At the Ford's Theatre in washington , D.C.
