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Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President of the United States
Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates -
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Lincoln signs the Homestead Act
it is about of Lincoln and if family moved -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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U.S. Marines storm engine house at Harpers Ferry VA (now WV) and capture John Brown
John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. -
U.S. troops move to occupy Baltimore, Maryland
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U.S. troops move to occupy Baltimore, Maryland
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bull run
this was the first major land battle -
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The Battle of Pea Ridge
Gen. Samuel R. Curtis' Union Army of the Southwest had pushed into Arkansas and established a defensive position on the bluffs overlooking Little Sugar Creek. -
Battle of McDowell, Virginia
Gen.Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. -
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The Second Battle of Fort Fisher
The Confederate garrison surrendered, opening the way for a Federal thrust against Wilmington
