Civil war

                                                             CIVIL WAR




         The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865.Abraham Lincoln was the President.When  Lincoln became president he was a known opponent of slavery.The South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention to remove their state from the Union known as the United States of America.The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states-- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- and the threat of secession by four more -- Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.
   
  At a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, the seven seceding states created the Confederate Constitution, a document similar to the United States Constitution, but with greater stress on the autonomy of each state. Jefferson Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy until elections could be held.
General Lee's troops were soon surrounded, and on April 7, Grant called upon Lee to surrender. On April 9, the two commanders met at Appomattox Courthouse, and agreed on the terms of surrender. Lee's men were sent home on parole -- soldiers with their horses, and officers with their side arms. All other equipment was surrendered

    The Civil War was said to be one of the bloodiest wars ever fought.the union soldiers won the war and the slaves were freed.Unfortunately Lincoln was assassinated.
Then Radical Reconstruction began creating alot of chaotic legislation and unnecessary bloodshed between blacks and southern whites. (Richard E.Morris,American Encyclopedia of American History)