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Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ran for presidency and was elected. He was going to lead the U.S. in the civil war. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by confederate troops, beginning the Civil War. -
The Battle of Bull Run
It shattered the North's hopes of winning the war quickly. It was the first major battle of the civil war. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run was going to be the deciding battle in the Civil War. -
The Battle of Antietam
This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle of the civil war and of U.S. history. More soldiers were killed in this battle than any other past war combined. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee's troops ran into union general G. Meade's cavalry triggering the battle. -
Gettysburg Adress
President Lincoln gave a speech at a ceremony dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg. -
Surrender of Confederate Forces
The commander of the army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee, surrendered his Confederate forces to the Union Army. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theater just as the American Civil War was starting to end.
