*The Civil war started on April 12,1861, when confederate forces attacked a U.S. Union military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. *The Civil War was fought mostly in the Southern state. *More than 620,000 lives were lost and more than 375,000 were injured. *People from the North were called Yankees, and people from the South were called Rebles. *General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9,1865 ending the Civil War The Civil War started on April 12,1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. Union military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Civil War was fought mostly in the Southern state. More than 620,000 lives were lost and more than 375,000 were injured. Many people died from disease and of wounds that could have been treated had there been adequate medical help. People from the North were called Yankees and people from the South were called Rebles. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. …show more content…
On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. The executive order was limited to slaves in the northern states while slaves in the south would be freed once the Confederate faced defeat. As a result, around 200,000 black soldiers were recruited in the Union Army. Great Britain and France, where slavery had been abolished, supported Lincoln. The original five-page document is currently kept at the National Archives in Washington,