The proclamation declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 18

The Battle of Gettysburg was the war's deadliest battle, with over 50,000 casualties.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States.

The Confederacy was formed by 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union.

Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States during the Civil War

The main cause of the war was the issue of slavery

The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865