The civil war is the world's first modern conflict. It introduces new methods and tools of warfare. The two regions have developed in two different ways. The South is primarily an agricultural area, with an economy based mainly on the growing of cotton. While the Northern landscape is filled with smoke-belching factories, the South has steamboats preparing to transport bales of cotton to the northern factories and to manufacturers in Europe. The economic differences alone …showed first 75 words of 1446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1446 total…realizes that his only option is to surrender. On april 9, 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, Lee meets with Grant and surrenders his troops. The war between the states is finally over. Approximately 360,000 union soldiers and more than 260,000 confederates have lost their lives. In addition, more than 275000 northern soldiers and some 100,000 confederates have been wounded. Five days after the surrender treaty is signed, Lincoln is assassinated by a southern sympathizer. The last great casualty of the war.