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Abraham Lincon becomes president
The United States Constitution is ratified; slaves are counted as three-fifths of a person and enjoy no rights of citizenship. -
Severn Southern States seced
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The South Attacks FT Sumter starting the Civil War
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In the Battle of Bull Run, Jackson crushes the Union troops
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Antietam is the bloodiest battle of the civil war
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Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
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Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the Civil War