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This event served as the immediate reason for the outbreak of the Civil War.
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It was the site upon which the shots initating the Civil War were fired.
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It was the first major battle of the Civil War.
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It was the bloodiest single-day battle in history with 22,717 dead and wounded.
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The Emancipation Proclamation declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states (the Southern states) were some what free.
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It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the Civil War. It is often described as the turning point of the war.
