Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South") from April 12, 1861 to May 26, 1865. The central conflict was over whether slavery should be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prohibited from doing so. The war began when the Confederacy bombarded Fort Sumter in South Carolina, and four years of intense combat ensued, resulting in the deaths of 620,000-750,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties. The Union ultimately emerged victorious, with the Confederacy collapsing and slavery being abolished, freeing four million enslaved black people.learn more on wikipedia