In the United States, Abraham Lincoln is elected President which was followed by South Carolina’s succession from the Union. Civil war between the Confederate States of America and the Union states led to massive deaths and the destruction of cities such as Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Richmond, Virginia; and Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman’s March to the Sea was one of the first times America experienced total war, and advancements in military technology, such as iron and steel warships, and the development and initial deployment of early machine guns added to the destruction. After the American Civil War, turmoil continued in the Reconstruction era, with the rise of white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan formed by the democrats, and the issue of granting Civil Rights to Freedmen led by the Republicans.
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The Opelousas Massacre of up to 300 African-American Republicans by Democrats
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14th Amendment to the Constitution is Adopted
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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Andrew Johnson: “We have seen this Congress pretend to be for the Union, when its every step and act tended to perpetuate disunion and make a disruption…”
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The KKK is Founded by Six Confederate Veterans as the Terrorist Arm of the Democratic Party
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13th Amendment Ratified
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Alice in Wonderland is Published
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Juneteenth: America’s 2nd Independence Day as Slaves are Freed in TX after Major General Granger Enforces Emancipation Proclamation Order
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, but Why?
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Lincoln’s Elkins Letter: “corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow”
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Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln: “I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality”
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Susan B. Anthony Delivers 100,000+ Signatures to U.S. Senate to Ban Slavery
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The Reconstruction Era Begins (December 8, 1863 – March 31, 1877)
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Abraham Lincoln’s Delivers his Gettysburg Address
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Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation which Set the Precedent for America’s National Day of Thanksgiving …and the Woman Behind It
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The Civil War’s Song of Inspiration: Patrick Gilmore’s “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” is Deposited in the Library of Congress
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The Battle of Gettysburg Begins
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Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day
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The Emancipation Proclamation Goes into Effect
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Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln
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Following the Battle of Antietam, President Lincoln Decides: ““The time for the annunciation of the emancipation policy can no longer be delayed.”
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The Infamous ‘Golden Afternoon’ when Lewis Carroll Rowed his Boat up the Isis with Alice Liddell and sisters Telling the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ story
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French Intervention in Mexico: The Battle of Puebla and the Origin of Cinco de Mayo
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Abolitionist Julia Ward Howe’s Inspiring Lyrics to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” are First Published in “The Atlantic Monthly’
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President Lincoln received the first Telegram from a Balloon
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