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Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1861 and assassinated in 1865. He sided with The Union and also ended slavery and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.He was actually assassinated six days after the Confederates surrendered. One of his most well known speeches was the Gettysburg Address, it talked about the equality of others and greater explained the American Civil War.. What he wanted after the Civil War had happened was called Reconstruction and he wanted to reconcile the whole nation, make it equal and peaceful again.