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From Greenthings
Killed in Action: 110,100
Total dead Toll: 359,500
Wounded: 275,200
The American Civil War took place in 1861 to 1865 in the southern United States also in eastern, central and southwestern regions. The outcome of this bloody civil battle was the defeat of the seceding CSA. The principal leaders in the War were the effectively identified Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Both of these men were corageous leaders, and huge names of their time, as well as ours. Casualties of the war contain:
Killed in Action: 110,one hundred
Total dead Toll: 359,500
Wounded: 275,200
The war claimed a lot more American lives than any other conflict in history, with roughly 560,000 total killed which at the time was a stagerring 1.78% of population and over 970,000 casualties which again is a staggering 3.09% of the population. Typically occasions debated, the causes of the civil war, and even the name of the war itself, are nonetheless truly left up in the air.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 seven states existed: These states have been: South Carolina (December 20, 1860), Mississippi (January 9, 1861), Florida (January ten, 1861),
Alabama (January 11, 1861), Georgia (January 19, 1861), Louisiana (January 26, 1861), and Texas (February 1, 1861). Lincoln was not even on the ballot in nine states in the South. Numerous Leaders from South Carolina had lengthy been waiting for an occasion that may well unite the South against the anti-slavery forces. As quickly as the election returns had been particular, a special South Carolina convention declared "that the Union now subsisting among South Carolina and other states beneath the name of the 'United States of America' is hereby dissolved." By February 1, 1861, six far more Southern states had seceded. As a result on February 7, the seven states adopted a provisional constitution for the Confederate States of America and established their capital at Montgomery, Alabama. On March 4, 1861, less than a month later, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President of the United States. He stated on this date that he had no intention to invade southern states, but would use force to maintain possession of federal home. The South, specifically South Carolina, ignored this plea by Lincoln, and as a outcome on April 12, the South fired upon the Federal troops there were stationed at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The firing continued till the troops surrendered. This significant occasion is what numerous feel was the start of the American Civial War.
