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dec 20, 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the Union

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Southern Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. South Carolina seceded because Abraham Lincoln was elected. The with draw of South Carolina caused the outbreak of the Civil War in Charleston Harbor.


https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/images/Charleston-Mercury-Headline.jpg

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dec 20, 1860
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~ 165 years ago