Year in review

1860

3 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.

Prestwick's championship became the oldest national golf tournament.

Lincoln's victory without a single Southern electoral vote precipitated secession and ignited the American Civil War.

Lincoln's election on a free-soil platform triggered Southern secession and ignited the American Civil War, fundamentally reshaping the nation.

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