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President Lincoln was elected president and was the first Republican President. He also received 180 of 303 votes and received 40% of the popular votes
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President Lincoln was declared as the 16th President of the United States of America
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The South and the North start enlisting troops and getting ready for war by training their troops and recruiting officers
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President Lincoln makes a Proclamation Blockage to keep the South ports closed to add an advantage to the North.
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Robert E. Lee says he is going to resign but the accepts an invitation in Virginia for the naval forces.
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Under the command of General Irvin McDowell and suffers a defeat while battling the Confederates at Bull Run.
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President Lincoln replaces General Irvin McDowell with General George B. McClellan.
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President Lincoln captures two Confederate officials and the Confederate Commander demands them back or he will demand war and Lincoln quotes, "One war at a time."
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General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry and ten days later captures Fort Donelson and earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender"
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President Lincoln replaces General McClellan with General Ambrose E. Burnside
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General Grant is placed in command of the West army to capture Vicksburg.
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Stonewall Jackson dies in combat from wounds and he quotes "let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
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President Lincoln and his wife Mary are at a play and John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln by shooting him in the head.
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John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia
