![]() ![]() This battle was at the same time the turning point in the Civil War because the Union won. The bloodiest battle was in Gattysburg in July 1863 where around 51 000 soldiers were killed. South Carolina was the first state that announced its separation from the United States of America and six other southern states joined them. Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union army (who was elected in 1860) and thus from the North and Jefferson Davis was the president from the Confederate army and thus from the South. Therefore, the prohibition of slavery was a huge contentious issue. The war took place because of the prohibition of slavery in the north of America although it was still allowed in the south where slaves were needed for the work on plantations or in the household. The Civil War was from 1861 to 1865 and around 1, 1 million people lost their lives in it. The Civil War and especially slavery is an important theme in American history. ![]()
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