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Tuesday, November 6, 1860 .
Abraham Lincoln was elected as 16th the president of the United States. Abraham was an important outcome of the Civil War because he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization and he brought most of the northern Democrats to the Union cause. Also, Abraham's Emancipation Proclamation freed about 20,000 slaves in the Confederate-held territory.

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December 20th, 1860
On December 20th, some states decide to secede from the Union in response to Lincoln becoming president. The first state to secede was South Carolina and by February 1861 six more states decided to secede as well. The secession of the southern states led to the start of the civil war and the Establishment of the Confederacy but eventually this movement got defeated by the Confederate Armies.

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July 21, 1861
The Battle of the Bull run was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. The Confederate and Union armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The battle began when 35,000 Union troops went to the federal capital in Washington to attack the Confederate force of 20,000 people near a river called the Bull run. After this, the North realized that the battle would not be as easy as they thought it would be. This battle was the first big battle to start off the Civil War

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The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg), Maryland

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The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg), Maryland

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September 17, 1862
The antiemena was the bloodiest day of the us military history. This battle was between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Gen. George B. This was Lee’s attempt to invade the north. battle’s outcome would be important to shaping America’s future, and it remains the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history

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January 1, 1863
On this day, the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared that all people that are held as slaves are now free in the rebellious states. The border states (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia ) slaves were also declared free. This event affected the outcome of the war because this proclamation changed the meaning and purpose of the Civil War and it also changed how each side interpreted the war.

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July 1–3, 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought  around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This was when Robert E. Lee set in motion his second invasion of the Northern states.Lee attacked the Union center on Cemetery Ridge and was repulsed with heavy losses. Lee's second invasion  failed and had resulted in an about 51,000 casualties on both sides. This was the bloodiest single battle of the entire war. This event was important to the outcome of the Civil War because would give the North a major boost and put a definitive end to Lee's plan to invade the North.

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November 19, 1863
The Gettysburg Address was remarks delivered by Abraham Lincoln which later became known as the Gettysburg Address. This took place at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. This was also on the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. This speech would  also be remembered as one of the most important speeches in American history. The Gettysburg address Abe invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected all the sacrifices people put into the Civil War with a desire for a new birth of freedom.

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Tuesday, November 8, 1864
Lincolns re-election made sure that  he would be in the position over the successful conclusion of the Civil War.  Lincoln's victory made him the first president to win re-election. This event is important to the outcome of the civil war because with his re-election, an obstacle with settlement with the Confederacy vanished.

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Battle of Appomattox Court House and Surrender, Appomattox Court House

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Battle of Appomattox Court House and Surrender, Appomattox Court House

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April 9, 1865
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought in Virginia and it was one of the last Battles of the Civil War. This battle led to Confederate General Lee’s surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This Battle war important to the end of the Civil Ear because it led Lee's army to surrender.

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April 14, 1865
On this day, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. This attack happened 5 days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, which ended the Civil War. Booth killed Abe by firing a 44-caliber single shot derringer pistol into the back of Abraham Lincolns head. This all happened after the Civil War but at least Lincoln helped win it.