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Abraham Lincoln Elected
Abraham Lincoln was a republican. He was opposed to the extension of slavery but would allow it to remain where it al ready existed -
Treaty of Peace
CSA - we left so there would be no more fighting -
Battle of Fort Sumter
located in SC
confederacy considered Lincolns sending of an unarmed ship an act of war, and the war officially begun -
Battle of Perryville
Buells forces ended Baggs invasion of kentucky in the Battle of Perryville -
Emancipation Proclomation
Lincoln made all slaves free -
Battle of Stones River
union troops forced confederate soldiers to retreat after this battle -
Gettysburg Address
Lincolns speech in Gettysburg -
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Battle of the Wilderness
The union attacked in the first of many battles. The union gained little and lost many soldiers -
Lee becomes General
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End of Civil War
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. -
Lincolns assasination
Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth at a theatre in Washington D.C.
