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lincolns election
lincolns election
Lincoln was elected as president for the united states of America becoming the 16th president standing for the republican party. -
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Fort sumter
fort sumter
Fort Sumter is most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War -
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Battle of Antietam
antietamOn September 17, 1862, Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil. -
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Battle of gettysburg
Battle of gettysburg
fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War -
gettysburg address
gettysburg address
In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania -
Appomattox
Surrender at Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-70) surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia,
