civil+war

= = == =Civil War= The "peculiar institution" of Slavery divided the nation and caused what is now called the Civil War. On September 17, 1862, the bloodiest one day battle in American history took place at Antietam. After the battle of Gettysburg, President Abrahan Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. Black Republicans were former slaves who had the opportunity to serve as members of congress.
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