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Lincoln Elected President
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Change
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Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army. The war to preserve the Union now becomes a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery. -
54 Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
July 18, 1863 - 'Negro troops' of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment under Col. Robert G. Shaw assault fortified Rebels at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Col. Shaw and half of the 600 men in the regiment are killed. -
Fredick Douglas
The president meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass who pushes for full equality for Union 'Negro troops.' -
End of Slavery
Congress approves the 13th admenment -
General Lee Surrenders
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Reconstruction begins
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freedom Burear abolished
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Civil Rights Act
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Last Federal troop to leave the south.
