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Lincoln won election, even though nine states voted against him
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South Carolina secedes from the union, and was the first slave state to do so
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By February of the next year seven southern states had seceded from the union
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His first inaugural address was part of his oath of office but was mainly focused on the South and the states that had seceded
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¨First¨ battle of the Civil War, was also a Confederate victory and is the beginning of the American Civil War
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Was the first major battle of the American Civil War and again lead in ¨decisive"confederate victory
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Jefferson Davis is elected the president of the confederate states and is the only president of them
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Is the first battle between ¨ïronclad¨ warships (USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia)
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Was fought on the Western Theater of the A.C.W. on April 6th and April 7th of 1862 - led to Union Victory
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An attack on New Orleans by the Union´s Navy. The Union wanted to capture the city and succeeded and the loss of N.O. was a major loss for the Confederate States during the war
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Was the second battle of Bull Run and was much larger than the first - led to Confederate Victory
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Was the first ¨field army¨ level battle during the Civil War and is considered the bloodiest day in United States history - led to Union Victory
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Was the conversion of General Grant´s Armies onto Vicksburg and trapped a Confederate Army who finally surrendered on July 4th
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Was the first colored regiment to fight in the Civil War (fought on the side of the Union Army) commanded by Colonel Shaw and Hallowell
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The E.P. declared ¨that all person held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free" ending slavery
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Is considered one of the most important engagement of the American Civil War and was the bloodiest battle of the A.C.W. - led to Union Victory
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Were riots about the new laws that were passed by Congress that year to draft men into the Civil War
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Was an attack on Lawrence, Kansas led by William Quantrill because of the towns support of abolition
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Was a speech given by Lincoln about equality between all people no matter the color of their skin. Was given at the National Cemetery in Gettysburg. And is also known as one of the greatest speeches in American history
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Was the first successful attack of a submarine (H.L. Hunley)
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Was a battle in Virginia that was apart of Grant´s ¨Overland Campaign¨. The battle never had a decisive victory but the Union Army´s offensive continued
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Was an attack on Atlanta which was apart of the ¨Atlanta Campaign¨ during the Civil War- led to Union Victory and the capture of Atlanta
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Lincoln wins his second term in office and was elected due to the North´s hope to win the Civil Wars and eliminate the Confederacy
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General Sherman´s Army arrives in Savannah (also known as the Savannah Campaign)
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Was a successful attack on Fort Fisher by the Union Army. Fort Fisher was the last major coastal stronghold of the South and with its capture meant the downfall of the Confederacy
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Was Abraham Lincoln´s 2nd Inaugural Address and was given on the final days of the Civil War and a month before his assassination
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General Sherman´s troops make in into Fayetteville, North Carolina
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Was one of the last battles of the Civil War and is where General Lee surrenders to the Union - Led to Union Victory
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater in D.C.
