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Killed in Action: 110,one hundred

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 major leaders in the War have been the effectively recognized Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Both of these males were corageous leaders, and massive names of their time, as properly as ours. Casualties of the war contain:

Killed in Action: 110,100

Total dead Toll: 359,500

Wounded: 275,200

The war claimed far 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. Frequently times debated, the causes of the civil war, and even the name of the war itself, are nevertheless truly left up in the air.

When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 seven states existed: These states had 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. Many Leaders from South Carolina had extended been waiting for an event that might unite the South against the anti-slavery forces. As quickly as the election returns had been certain, a particular South Carolina convention declared "that the Union now subsisting among South Carolina and other states below the name of the 'United States of America' is hereby dissolved." By February 1, 1861, six 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 four, 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 sustain possession of federal property. 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 have been stationed at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The firing continued till the troops surrendered. This significant event is what numerous feel was the commence of the American Civial War.

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