Fort Sumter
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Fort Sumter |
The Civil War or the War Between the States, started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The Civil War was the war that lost the most American lives in American history. It was the only war that divided America so that brother fought against brother. The Civil war was Southern states against Northern states. The Southern states wanted to preserve slavery and the North wanted to stop it. It all started when the Southern states fired on Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, a U.S. military base. The war ended four years later when Robert E. Lee surrendered his confederate army over to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. It was great turning point in American history. It destroyed slavery in the United States. | ||