1861 was the start to the bloodiest war in American history. Battles such as Antietam, Bull Run, and Gettysburg were fought ultimately ending the Civil War with a Northern victory. There were many things that led to the war such as Abraham Lincoln’s election, Fort Sumter, and various rebellions. All of these causes led to the war itself and many effects. For example, 618,000 troops were killed, the thirteenth amendment was ratified in 1865 ending slavery, and the South was destroyed and in need of a plan to admit the Southern states back into the Union. The first main effect of the war was all of the death that followed. More people died in the Civil War than in any other U.S. war. Death during the war mainly consisted of combat, starvation,
