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Fort Sumter
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West Virgina is Born
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Homestead Act becomes a law
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Congress passes the Militia Act
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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The battle of Gettysburg
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President Abraham Lincoln dedicates a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield as a national cemetery, and delivered the "Gettysburg Address."
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Nine month siege of Petersburg begins
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Atlanta is captured by Sherman's Army.
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Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president defeating Democrat George B. McClellan.
