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Lincoln supports the banning of slavery
Lincoln wanted to bring the end to slavery. -
Lincolns Inaguration
Lincoln did not want war between the North and The South -
The Civil War begins
The War between the north and the south begins . -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Initiated the start of the war, south attacked the north -
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Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation written and published
Lincoln publicly frees the slaves with this public statement. -
Siege of Vicksburg
The north raided the south and split it in half at the mississippi river. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The bloodiest battle in the American civil war -
Ulysses S. Grant took charge of all of the Union Armies
Due to success in the west he took control of all the army -
Union set up naval blockades at confederate ports
The north cut off all supply routes for the south -
Siege of Petersburg
General Robert E. Lee surrenders in the last major battle of the war.
