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the first battle of the civil war was Fort sumter and not a single person died in this battle and was a direct response of lincoln's election
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Battle of antietam was the bloodiest battle in the war because 26,000 people were hurt or killed.the union won the battle.
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Emancipation proclamation freed most slaves unless they had committed a crime.some african americans fought in the war
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was the bloodiest battle ever with 51,000 soldiers wounded or killed and neither side won the battle.
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this was a speech delivered from abraham lincoln and ws a memorial for all the soldiers that died in the battle of gettysburg.the cemetery was in the same place they died at
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the remaining confederate states were surrendering and 50,000 survivors returned home as amputes
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this was a battle for control of the mississippi river.people were starving and killing their horses for food and even end up eating rats.