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lincoln elected to the presidency
abraham lincoln is elected the 16th president of the united states over deeply divided democratic party becomeing of the first repubican to the win the presidently lincoln recieved only 40 precent of the popular vote but handily defeated three other candidates Southern democrat john C breckinridge constitutional Union candidate john bell and northern demcorat stephen douglas a U.S sentator for lllinios lincoln a kentucky born lawyer and former whig representative to congress first gainted forme -
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fort sumter
fort sumter is an island fortification located in charleston habor,south caroline most famous for being site of the first shots orginally constructed in 1829 as a coastal garrison U.S. Major robert anderson occuiped the unfinshed for december 1860 following south carolina secession from the union intitating standoff wuth state milita forces when the presenident abraham lincoln announced plans to resupply the for confederate general P.G.T beauregured bombared fort sumter o n april 12 1861 kicking -
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battle of antietam
the battle of antietam,at the antietam creek confedrate general robert E lee army of northern virgina againist union general,george mcClellan army of the potomac and was the culmination of lee attempt to invade the north. the battle outcome would be vital to shaping america future and it remains the deadliest one-day battle in all america military history there was a alot of stake for the battle of antietam. by mid-summer 1862 president abraham lincoln had the emanicipation proclamtion. -
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empcipation proclamation signed
president abraham lincoln issued the preliminary empancipation proclamation which declared that as of january 1 1863 all slaves in the states currently eagaged in rebeillion against the union shall be then thenceforward and forever free. lincoln didnt actuallly free any of the apporoximately 4 million men women and children held in slavery in the united states when he signed the formal empcipation proclamnation the following january the document appiled only to enslaved people in the confederacy -
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battle of vicksburg
union forces waged a campagin to take the confederate stronghold of vicksburg,mississippi,which lay on the easy bank of the mississippi river,halfway between memphis to the north and new orleans to the south the siege of vicksburg divided the confederacy and proved the military genius of union general Ulysses S.grant (1822-85. vicksburg was one of the union most successful campaigns of the war although general Ulysses S.grants first attempt to take the city failed in the winter of 1862-63 had -
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battle of gettysburg
after the great victory over union forces at chancellorsville, general robert E.lee marched his army of northern virgina ito pennysyvania in late june.only july 1 the advancing confederates clashed with the Unions army of the potomac, commanded by general george G. meade at the crossroads town of gettysburg. the next day saw even heavier fighting, as the confederates attacked the federals on both left and right. On july 3 lee ordered an attacked by the fewer than 15,000 troops on the enemy,s cen -
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gettysburg address
abraham lincoln delivered remarks which late become known as gettysburg address at the offical dedication cermony for the national cermony of gettysburg in pennsylvania on the site of one the bloodiest and the most decisive battle of civil war through he was not the featured orator that day lincoln brief address would be remebered as one most important speeches in american history innit invoked the prinicples of human equality contained in the declartion of independence and connted the scafacies -
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shermans march (to the sea)
union genral william T.sherman ledf some 60,000 soilders on a 285 mile march from atlanta to savannah of georgia.The puropse of the sherman march to the sea was to firghten georgia civilian population into abandoning the confederate cause. sherman soilders did not destroy any of the towns in their path but they stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back the yankees were not only fighting hostile armies but a hostile people,sherman explained as a re -
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appomattox courthosue
near the town of appomattox courthouse virgina confederate gerneral robert E. lee surrendered his army northern virginia to union gereral Ulysses S grant. Days eariler,lee had abondoned the confederate captail of richmond and the city petersburg his goal was to rally the remants of his beleagured troops, meet confederate reinforcements in north caroline and resume fighting but the resulting battle of appomattox courthouse which lasted only a few hours effectively brought the four-year civil war. -
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assassination of lincoln
john wikes booth a famous actor and cofederate sympathizer assassination president abraham lincoln at ford´s theatre in washington D.C the attack came only five days after confederate general Robert E. lee surrendered his massive army appmattox courthouse virgina effectively ending american civil war john wilkes booth maryland native born in1838 into family of noted actors booth would eventally take the stage himself appearing in1855 in shakespeare richard lll in baltmore despite his confederate