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Which gave 4 million slaves their freedom.
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The civil war officially began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces bombarded the Union and controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay
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In 1865 the national debt stood at $2.7 billion. Just the annual interest on that debt was more than twice our entire national budget in 1860.
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Including tons of deaths. Between 640,000 and 700,000. The total of union troops that died are 360,000 and over 260,000 Confederate soldiers .
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The most difficult task for Southerners after the war is Reconstruction and a new system of labor.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865
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The last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 13, 1865.
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