THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

The American Civil War The American civil war was a war between the Union, the northern states, and the Confederation, the southern states, and it began on April 12th 1861 and ended on April 9th 1865 with Confederation general Lees surrendering to Union troops. The civil war started because of the politically disagreements about slavery between the northern and southern states. The people to the north would not accept the use of slaves in the south. There were many slaves, especially in the southern cotton fields, whom by and large all came from Africa or was descendant of the first