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... This started the Civil War, which would se the north against the south. The Civil War was about the south wanting independence from the north.
Abraham Lincoln and The Civil War
The Republican Party had bin pushing for an anti-slavery union, so the south felt like they had no place in the union anymore. ... The Civil War had started. ... His troops despite the problems they faced, battlefield setbacks, generals not being ready to fight, and assassination threats Lincoln stuck with a pro-Union policy for four years of the Civil War. ... By now the war was about more than just keeping the union together, it was now also about fighting to end slavery. ... Soon other regiments were being put together, and in May 1863 the War Department put together the Bureau of Colored Troops. By the end of the war more than 186,000 black soldiers had joined the Union army; 93,000 from the Confederate states, 40,000 from the border slave states, and 53,000 from the free states. ... They lost a lot of money throughout the war. ...
As the war went on the south was being worn down. ...
The Civil War was over, there was one union now, and the slaves were free.
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