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The Emancipation Proclamation Is Announced
Abraham Lincoln announced the Empancipation Proclamation which was an official issue stating that everyone who was being held as a slave shall be freed. -
Abraham Lincoln is Elected President
During the 1860 election, Republican, Abraham Lincoln, won the election even though he wasn't on the ballot in a lot of southern states because they were scared he was going to get rid of slavery. -
South Caroline Votes to Secede from the U.S.
South Carolina was one of the many states in the south who opposed getting rid of slavery so in order to do this, they wanted to leave the union (the United States) and form their own government where they could keep slavery. -
General Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America
Before the Civil War, 7 states seceded from the United States, trying to avoid getting rid of slavery. They needed to form a government so they elected General Jefferson Davis to be president of the confederacy -
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam fought in Maryland is remembered as being the bloodiest single day battle in American history. This battle resulted in the Union victory and stopped General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North. This battle has almost 23,000 casualties and it also led to the Empancipation Proclamation -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major battle in the Civil War that took place in Virginia with the outcome being an overwhelming Confederate victory. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
This was a three-day battle fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between the Union (U.S.) and the Confederacy (South) resulting in the Union winning. This battle is known as the bloodiest battle in American history with other 50,000 casualties. -
Abraham Lincoln Gives his Gettysburg Adress
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Abraham Lincoln Defeats George McClellan in the Election of 1864
President Lincoln was easily able to beat General George B. McClellan in the election of 1864. The electoral college was in favor of Lincoln with the votes being 212-21 and winning over the popular vote by 55%. -
President Lincoln's Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln who was the 16th president of the United States of America was assassinated on April 14th, 1865 in the Petersen House in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth.