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The Pros And Cons Of The Civil War

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April 12, 1861 is the date that changed the lives of all Americans as a nation. It was the day that the Civil War happened. Differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories had not yet become states. But when the Confederate warship bombarded the Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, the fatal four-year Civil War began. It was clear that warfare would last for many months, perhaps even years. Due to the importance of the Civil war, soldiers were provided with drafts, had advantages along with disadvantages, and had adapt to the outcome of the Civil War. To begin, the civil war was the bloodiest war fought on U.S soil. The Union had an
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