Topic: Yankees win

After reading about the American Civil War a few days ago, it crossed my mind that I should write about it or at least some remarks.

When we refer to the American War - well, is known by everybody that the USA has been involved in a few (the war of Independance, the I & II World War) - I mean the one which brought the Unionists and the Confederacy face to face (it is also known as the War between the States) . This war lasted for 5 years - 1861-65 - and the cause was that eleven southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as "the Confederacy", which was led by Jefferson Davis. They fought agains the Unionists, which formed the free states. Abraham Lincoln, president of the Republican Party, campaigned against slavery and tried to stop it from going beyond the borders.

Seven Deep South cotton states seceded by February 1861, starting with South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. These seven states formed the Confederate States of America (February 4, 1861), with Jefferson Davis as president. Hostilities by the Conferedate forces in South Carolina lighted the fuse.

There were about 620,000 dead soldiers. Victory for the North meant the end of the Confederacy and of slavery in the United States.