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the south secedes
websiteWhen Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat -
Attack of fort sumter
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When President Lincoln planned to send supplies to Fort Sumter, he alerted the state in advance, in an attempt to avoid hostilities -
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Emancipation Proclamation
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The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War using his war powers. -
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sherman's march to the sea
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Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted around Georgia from November 15, 1864 to December 21, 1864 -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War.