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Abraham Lincoln was elected as president
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Confederates begin the civil war by attacking Fort Sumter
Confederate and Union forces were involved
After a long battle Fort Sumter surrendered. -
The Confederate Army defeated the Union's Major General John Pope and his Army of Virginia.
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Confederate leaders hoped to follow up Lees success and pushed northward.
Confederate forces were stopped and lees northward advance was stopped
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The Emancipation Proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
It turned the tides on the Confederates. -
First major battle of the Civil War
Union and Confederate forces were involved
It was a major success for the confederates -
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known speeches in American history.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army.
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John Wilkes booth assassinated Lincoln
His shots were fatal and Lincoln died
