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In 1865 the Confederate President was captured and the war stopped between the North and the South. The U.S was finally reunited and the slaves were freed from their Southern plantations.

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Robert E. Lee  was the general for the Confederacy from 1862 to 1865. The Union on the other hand had a difficult time to find a general for their militia. Until they found success with Ulysses S. Grant in 1864. Grant made General Lee to Appomattox in 1865 that lead to a few straight battle victories. Then General Sherman went down to South Carolina and Georgia and destroyed important goods for the South's economy.

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The important battles began in 1862. After two years of battle between the North and the South the Union changed its plan and went into total war against the Confederacy. The idea of total war was to destroy the Old South.

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Even though the North won the Civil War, untied the nation ,and ended slavery, 625,000 people had to die for this outcome.

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The Confederates started the war by being the first to fire at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.  After that four more states left the Union to join the Confederacy.

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the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it.

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quarrel noisily over a trivial matter.

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1. a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

a military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities, typically in opposition to a regular army.

all able-bodied civilians eligible by law for military service.

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The central part or most important part of a country, area, or field of activity.

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a violent uprising against an authority or government.

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The Civil War started because different states had different views on slavery and if the government had power to abolish it.  Seven slave states left the country feeling threatened because Abraham Lincoln wanted to not allow slavery to spread in the new U.S. spread and had just been elected president.

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The end of the Civil War determined two facts the American Revolution couldn't. One, America was no longer a nation nation that was split apart and is now a nation that is inseparable through a strong government.

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an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.