THE CIVIL WAR

DATES

• Start: April 12, 1861
• End: May 9, 1865

KEY PLAYERS

• The Union Army(North)
• The Confederate Army(South)

LOCATION

KEY COMMANDERS

• Winfield Scott (Union)
• Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
• Henry W. Halleck (Union)
• Robert E. Lee (Confederate)

LOSS OF LIFE

• Union Deaths: 359,528
• Confederate Deaths: 258,000
• Roughly 650,000 Total Deaths
• Bloodiest War In American History

CAUSES

• Missouri Compromise
• Nat Turner Rebellion
• The Slavery Issue
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• The Election of Lincoln

EFFECTS

• The Abolishment of Slavery
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
• Reconstruction
• Death

KEY BATTLES

• The Battle of Gettysburg
• Antietam
• The Battle of Bull Run
• The Battle of Shiloh
• Surrender at Appomattox

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