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Start of the year

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Confederacy

Formed on February 8th, 1861

Southern states succeeded from the United States. They formed a new government and country of the Sovereign and Independent states.

They formed their military to protect their new constitution and ways of life.

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The Union Army engaged in acts of war when the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumner on April 12th, 1861.

They returned fire during the attack, thus creating the Union side in the Civil War.

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The civil war had begun just 3 days after the Fort Sumner attack.

Abraham Lincoln declared War on the Confederates.

Thus the Civil War started

Civil War - The conflict between the Union (United States) and the Confederacy.

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Battle of Gettysburg

This battle lasted 3 days July 1st - July 3rd.

The battle was the bloodiest in the Civil War.

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Robert E Lee was the general of the Confederacy.

He was forced to retreat due to experiencing heavy losses in the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Union forced them back.

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This speech was given during the dedication ceremony for a new national cemetery near the Gettysburg battlefield.

Abraham gave his famous speech nicknamed the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln committed post-Civil War America to “a new birth of freedom.”

The speech brought back the attention that all men are created equal.

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Abraham Lincoln

President from 1861 - 1865

He was president during the Civil War only.

He was assassinated just 6 days after the Civil War officially ended.