This post is a collection of facts about the American Civil War (1861-1865). There are 10 facts listed below. Source:
Wikipedia
- Total casualties: 620,000 - 750,000 soldiers
- Confederacy formed by seven states which secede from the United States: 1861
- Confederacy attacks Fort Sumter: April 12th, 1861
- First Battle of Bull Run: July 1861
- Battle of Antietam: September 17, 1862
- Emancipation Proclamation abolishes slavery: January 1st, 1863
- Battle of Gettysburg: July 1863
- Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant: April 9th, 1865
- Abraham Lincoln assassinated: April 14th, 1865
- Last confederacy troops disbanded: May 26th, 1865