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Abraham Lincoln ran against three others in the 1860 presidential election. He recieved 40% of the popular votes, and 180 electoral votes. He was elected the 6th president of the United States, with Hannibal Hamlin as his vice president.
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On November 9, South Carolina calls a convention to occur on December 17th, deciding whether or not they should secede from the Union.
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189 people from South Carolina arrive at the Baptist Church in Colombia to the Secession Convention.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in 1860.
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Mississippi is the second state to secede themselves from the Union.
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The Confederate States of America consisted of the governments of 11 Southern States that seceded from the Union during 1860 and 1861.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter is the first battle of the Civil War, occuring at the unfinished harbor in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Tenneesee is the 11th final state to secede from the Union on June 8, 1861.
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On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies arrived in Manassas, Virigina at the first major land battle of the Civil War.
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The Battle of Shiloh, also known as "Pittsburg Landing" was the second major battle of the Civil War, faught near the Tennesee River.
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After four months of being his own General in Chief, President Lincoln hands the positiion over to Henry W Halleck.
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The battle of Antientam was the bloodiest, single-day battle of the Civil War, faught along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Michigan. This was the first battle faught on Northern soil. This is the battle in which Lincoln had no choice but to fire McClellan, though he had lost over 12,000 men.
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The president replaces McClellan with General Ambrose E. Burnside as the new Commander of the Army. Lincoln fired McClellan due to his "slowness".
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The Battle of Fredricksburg involved nearly 200,000 men, the largest amount of troops in any Civil War battle. This battle was near the Rappahannock River, a river in eastern Virigina.
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January 1, 1863 is the day Lincoln finalizes the Emacipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates.
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The president appoints General Joseph Hooker as Commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Burnside.
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General Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville is known to be General Robert E. Lee's greatest victory during the Civil War. He was facing a troop nearly twice the size of his, yet managed to get though the battle successfully.
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General Lee with 75,000 Confederates leads his second invasion of the North, heading into Pennsylvania- soon leading to cause Gettysburg.
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President Lincoln hires George G. Meade as commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Hooker. Meade is the 5th man to command the Army in less than a year.
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President Lincoln appoints General Grant to command all of the armies of the United States.
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Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run against Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln recieved all but three states with 55 percent of the popular vote and 212 of 233 electoral votes.
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The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, to abolish slavery
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Remaining Confederate forces surrender. The Nation is reunited as the Civil War ends. Over 620,000 Americans died in the war, with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle. 50,000 survivors return home as amputees.
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John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.
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Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery, outside Springfield, Illinois
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President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning. Vice President Andrew Johnson takes over the presidency.
