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Abraham Lincoln becomes President
He wins the Election of 1860. -
President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln reiterated his promise not to interfere with the institution of slavery in the United States and affirmed the rights of states to order and determine their own institutions. To do otherwise, he noted, would violate the U.S. Constitution. -
Beginning of the war.
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The Battle of Shiloh
On April 6, Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee -
The Battle of Seven Pines
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The Battle of Fredericksburg.
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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The Battle of Chickamauga
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Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address
He gives the Gettysburg Address, a famous speech. -
The end of the Civil War
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President Lincoln: Assassinated.
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