Civil+War+EM



= Civil War =

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The civl war was fought against the United States which was supported by all the FREE STATES ( where slaveryno longer existed). Abraham Lincolncampaighned against the expansion of slavery! Hostilities began April 12, 1861 when the Confederate forces attcked the United States military installation at Fort Sumter. at that moment Lincoln called for a volunteer army from each state to recapture federal property. . . Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee won battles in the east. But in 1863 his northward turned back with heavy casualities after the battle of gettysburg. . The Civil War was one of the earliest true industrial wars! Railroads and telographs, steamships, and mass-produced weapons were employed extensively. it reamins as one of the deadliest wars in The American History with 620,000 dead soldiers. ten percent of the northern men died aged 20-45yrs old, and in the Southern about 30% died aged 18- 40yrs old. . .=====