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Election of Abraham
Abraham won 180 out of 303 electoral votes -
Fort Summer Attacked
At 4:30 A.M. Fort summer was attacked and the civil war begins -
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Civil War
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Lincoln calls for 75,000 men
President Lincoln issues a proclamatopm fpr 75,000 militiamen. -
Virginia Secedes
Virginia secedes from the Unites States -
Appoints George B. McClellan as a Commander
President Lincoln makes McClellan Commander of Department of Potomac. -
Issues General War order No. 1
Abraham calles for the United States naval and land forces. -
Tide turns in war
Tide turns on south as the confederates are defeated at Gettysburg, Pennstlvania -
Last shot fired
The last shot of the Civil War