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Lincoln declares the emancipation proclamation which is a order to free slaves.
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abraham lincoln is sworn into office as the 15th president in america
he promised to put an end to slavery in the south. -
the state of south carolina is the first state to secede causing a chain reaction for the succession crisis for the union
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CIVIL WAR
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the southern states that succeeded make a new confederation called the confederate states of america whait jefferson davis as there head of state
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the civil war begins when cofetarie troops fired upon fort sumter in south carolina
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the battle of gettysburg marks a turning point for the war and is the start of the victoreas for the north
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the southern general robert e lee surrenders to northern ulysses s grant marking the end of the war.