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President Abraham Lincoln was elected. The Southern States wanted to succeed from the Union because Lincoln was anti-Slavery.

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One year after President Lincoln was elected, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida succeeded from the Union to join South Carolina.

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Jefferson Davis becomes president of the Confederate States of America.

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Four more states succeed from the Union: Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee.

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The First Battle of Bull Run,also know as the Battle of Manassas First major land battle of the American Civil War Confederate victory.

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General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

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Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed all the slaves in the Confederate States.

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Lincoln addresses the Gettysburg Address to everyone in the Civil War.

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The 13th Amendment ends slavery.

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General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford's Theater