The American Civil War - Causes and Outcome

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American Civil War

Fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865

Preceded by the secession of 11 southern slave states and the formation

of the

Confederate States

America

response to

the

election of

Abraham

Lincoln

as the

President of the

United

States

(President Lincoln

was

opposed to the

expansion of

slavery

beyond the states

in which it

already

existed)

Began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, a U.S. military installation located in South Carolina

Ended on April 9, 1865 with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union

General Ulysses S. Grant

Appomattox

Court House, Virginia

Estimated casualties: More than 600,000 dead and hundreds of thousands more wounded

Result: Union victory, Emancipation of slaves, Reconstruction