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1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United
States.
1861 February - The Confederate States of America is formed,
with Jefferson Davis sworn in
as president.
1861 April 12 Confederates fires on Fort Sumter in Charleston
Harbor, South Carolina.
1861 April 19 Lincoln orders the blockade of ports in
Confederate states.
1862 June 25 The Seven Days (the Peninsula Campaign) for
Richmond, Virginia; 36,000
casualties.
1863 April 21 to May 11 The Battle of Chancellorsville in
Virginia; 30,051 casualties.
1863 July 1 to 3 The Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania 51,000
casualties.
1863 November 19Lincolns Gettysburg Address dedicates a
battlefield cemetery at
Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
1865 February 3 Lincoln meets with Confederate Peace Commission
at Hampton Roads,
Virginia.
1865 April 9 Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse,
Virginia.
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"See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg
is the key! The war can never be brought
to a close until that key is in our pocket.... We can take all
the northern ports of the Confederacy and
they can defy us from Vicksburg." Abe Lincoln
On reaching that place on July 1, General Reynolds found
Buford's cavalry warmly engaged with the
enemy . . . Major-General Reynolds immediately moved around the
town of Gettysburg, and advanced
upon the Cashtown road, and without a moment's hesitation
deployed his advanced division and
attacked his enemy. . . . george meade
Driving back these troops to within a short distance of the
town, he there encountered a larger force,
with which two of his divisions became engaged, Ewell, coming up
with two of his divisions by the
Heidlersburg road, joined in the engagement. The enemy was
driven through Gettysburg with heavy
loss, including about 5,000 prisoners and several pieces of
artillery.-robert lee
The civilians along the line of march could not do enough for
us. Most every household standing ready
with water buckets dealing out water to the boys as we marched
along, and the Stars and Stripes
hanging out in all directions. It made us feel as if we were
home once more, and the citizens of Southern
Pennsylvania, through their kindness to the soldiers have put
now life into us.- henry Kaiser
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The enemy was driven back and we regained the ground lost a
short time before. We halted in a hollow
behind a stone fence, having marched, since last evening, thirty
two miles. Kaiser
It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here
have thus so nobly advanced- Lincoln
. . . We assert that fourteen of the states have deliberately
refused for years past to fulfill their
constitutional obligations, and we refer to their own statutes
for the proof. The Constitution of the
United States, in its 4th Article, provides as follows: "No
person held to service or labor in one state,
under the laws thereof, escaping into another shall, in
consequence of any law or regulation therein, be
discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered
up, on claim of the party to whom such
service or labor may be due." South carolina justification
