Outcomes of The War
The Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered on April 9,1865 at Appomattox courthouse in Virginia. The four-year war had claimed the lives of 620,000 men, making a large dent in the male population of certain ages. But the nation was united once again, and because of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, all of its people were now free.
The Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered on April 9,1865 at Appomattox courthouse in Virginia. The four-year war had claimed the lives of 620,000 men, making a large dent in the male population of certain ages. But the nation was united once again, and because of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, all of its people were now free.
Part of Emancipation Proclamation
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State
or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of
such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or
any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln