The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding
the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic
proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in
battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human
life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on
the battlefield in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference
will be made to the leading men behind the Union and Confederate
forces.
The war was beginning to end by January of 1865. By then,
Federal (Federal was another name given to the Union Army) armies were
spread throughout the Confederacy and the Confederate Army had shrunk
extremely in size. In the year before, the North had lost an enormous
amount of lives, but had more than enough to lose in comparison to the
South. General Grant became known as the "Butcher" (Grant, Ulysses
S., Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, New York: Charles L. Webster &......

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Title: The American Civil War
Approximate Word Count: 2547
Approximate Pages: 11 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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