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The approximately 10,455 military engagements.
A final official estimate in 1879 totaled $6,190,000,000. The Confederacy spent perhaps $2,099,808,707. By 1906 another $3.3 billion already had been spent by the U.S. -
US economy was to accelerate the development of big business manufacturing in the North initiated by the demands of war production.
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Officially outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865.
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• He faced many challenges to his presidency
• President Abraham Lincoln With his re-election, any hope for a negotiated settlement with the Confederacy vanished. -
• They Confederacy only wanted to be independent.
• Transportation problems and successful blockades caused severe shortages of food and supplies in the South. -
• Sherman began his Carolinas Campaign on February 1, 1865, by advancing into South Carolina
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis agreed to send delegates to a peace conference with President Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward, but insisted on Lincoln's recognition of the South's independence as a prerequisite.
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• General Lee's troops were soon surrounded, and on April 7, Grant called upon Lee to surrender.
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The bullet had entered through Lincoln's left ear and lodged behind his right eye. He was paralyzed and barely breathing. He was carried across Tenth Street, to a boarding-house opposite the theater, but the doctors' best efforts failed. Nine hours later, at 7:22 AM on April 15th, Lincoln died.
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Was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
