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From Slavery to Civil Rights

By cobi
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    Civil War starts

    At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered
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    Civil War ends
    The American Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. This event marked a significant turning point in U.S. history, leading to the preservation of the Union and the abolition of slavery.