American Civil War (12 avr. 1861 – 26 mai 1865)
Description:
The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories.January 1, 1863, when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation he changed the status of enslaved people in all of the states that rebelled that of free people. It is also called a secession war because some Southern States retreated from the Union of States to form the Confederate States that opposed Lincoln as a president.
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
12 avr. 1861
26 mai 1865
~ 4 years