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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 main leaders in the War were the effectively identified Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Both of these guys were corageous leaders, and huge names of their time, as properly as ours. Casualties of the war include:

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 approximately 560,000 total killed which at the time was a stagerring 1.78% of population and more than 970,000 casualties which once again is a staggering 3.09% of the population. Frequently occasions debated, the causes of the civil war, and even the name of the war itself, are nonetheless genuinely 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 10, 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. A number of Leaders from South Carolina had lengthy been waiting for an event that might unite the South against the anti-slavery forces. As soon as the election returns had been particular, a unique South Carolina convention declared "that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other states below the name of the 'United States of America' is hereby dissolved." By February 1, 1861, six a lot more Southern states had seceded. As a outcome 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, much 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 result on April 12, the South fired upon the Federal troops there had been stationed at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The firing continued till the troops surrendered. This substantial event is what a lot of feel was the begin of the American Civial War.

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