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Abe Lincoln won Presidency which was one of the events that started the Civil War
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South Carolina along with 10 other states secede from the union.
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This battle was fought out in Southwestern Tennessee outside of a church in the vicinity of a place called Shiloh which also means "Place of Peace"
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This was very significant because it was the first fight between the North and the South that finally started the real war.
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It was one of the first major battles of the Civil War.
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The first clash between Ironclad Ships, this was a big advancement because they no longer used wooden boats/ships.
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A battle of the civil war, between General Lee and George McClellan.
This was important because it was called the bloodiest day and had a ton of casualties. -
This was important because now it announced that slavery would be banned in the U.S.
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This was very significant and was considered the turning point of the Civil War. All of the deaths/injuries from this battle include 7,058 were fatalities (3,155 Union, 3,903 Confederate). Another 33,264 had been wounded (14,529 Union, 18,735 Confederate) and 10,790 were missing (5,365 Union, 5,425 Confederate).
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Lincoln delivers a speech that has been the most famous speech in America, he assured Americans that they were fighting for national regeneration, although it was only for the ceremony. this Speech remade America.
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This was significant because the union got defeated by the confederates. Also there were tons of black soldiers that fought in this battle along side the union. tons of them died though.
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Grant had burned many things along his path with all of his men marching through the state of Georgia and freeing slaves along the way.
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General Lee surrenders his army in the hopes of less casualties.