The Civil War The civil war one of the most historical events in history that shaped America. A war between our own country fighting and killing many lives. Thousands were lost in that war and many many more injured all due to slavery. Causes of the Civil War The Civil war was mainly started because of a lady named Harriet Beecher Stowe. When antislavery debates rose over the Compromise of 1850, Harriet began to write a …showed first 75 words of 610 total…

…showed last 75 words of 610 total…Shenandoah Valley in September and October raised Northern hope. The year ended with Union victories at Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, in November and December. Then the war almost ends in 1865 on April 9 when Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court house in Virginia. The war actually ends in May when the remaining Confederate forces surrender. Over 620,000 Americans died in the war. But it finally ended.