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1865: Victory for the North
- Last days of the Confederacy
- Lee remains trapped in Petersburg
- Sherman moves through South Carolina
- Desperation in the Confederacy
- The Confederacy considers using blacks as soldiers
- Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment
- Grant increases pressure on Petersburg
- Grant captures Petersburg and Richmond
- Lee surrenders to Grant
- Union celebrates victory
- Lincoln is...
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