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Civil war
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Battle of Antietam
Bloodest one day battle 23,000 casualties -
Battle of Gettysburg
Jul 1, 1863 – Jul 3, 1863 bloodiest 3 day battle ever recorded in american history -
Gettysburg Address
"On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the end of the ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That speech has come to be known as the Gettysburg Address." -
Surrender at Appomattox
"On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant." -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
"Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C" -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
May 12, 1865 – May 13, 1865 Final battle of the Civil War
