Effects of the War
President Lincoln declared all slaves in enemy Territory (in the South) free, with the Emancipation Proclamation.
In 1863, citizens who opposed the secession of the south, who lived in Virginia, petitioned to U.S Government for statehood, to become their own state. West Virginia joined the states on June 20th, 1865. The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American History. Over 600,000 people died in combat, from disease, or as a result of the war. As an Effect of his Emancipation Proclomation, Abrahamn was sho and killed, the Secretary of State was injured in an atemp to kill him, and the plan to kill the Vice President was dropped.
In 1863, citizens who opposed the secession of the south, who lived in Virginia, petitioned to U.S Government for statehood, to become their own state. West Virginia joined the states on June 20th, 1865. The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American History. Over 600,000 people died in combat, from disease, or as a result of the war. As an Effect of his Emancipation Proclomation, Abrahamn was sho and killed, the Secretary of State was injured in an atemp to kill him, and the plan to kill the Vice President was dropped.