In Charleston Harbor, South Carolina there was a fort that soon became a symbol to the American people of the sanctity of the Union. It was called Fort Sumter. After Abraham Lincoln took office, the South seized federal forts within their borders and left Abraham Lincoln with some difficult decisions.
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Although, eventually, the North was winning thanks to Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln himself paid dearly for the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln 's wound was from an invisible sword that drew no less exacting an account.
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General Ulysses S. Grant was a very important general for the success of the Civil War. When President Abraham Lincoln struggled to find an able commander in chief during the Civil War, it was General Ulysses S. Grant who saved the day.
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