HOW THE CIVIL WAR ENDED!!!
The Civil War was officially over on April 19th, 1865. The Confederate army surrendered, and 620,000 Americans died in the war. Thousands were injured and the southern landscape was devistating. Ulysses S. Grant had ruined the Confederate government in Richmond, Virginia. There was almost no possible way the south could have escaped the situation.
When the south surrendered, Lieutenant U.S Grant wrote the terms for the surrender of the Confederate States Army in the form of a letter from himself to General Lee. The terms of the letter were generous and would allow the Confederates to go home feeling like they had been treated with respect.
The Civil War had a HUGE impact on slavery. And after the war was over, the Constitution changed the law of slavery to allow no slavery at all.
NO MORE SLAVERY!!!

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH
Date: April 6th-7th, 1862
Location: Tennessee
Confederate commander: Albert Sidney Johnston/P.G.T Beauregard
Union commander: Ulysses S. Grant
"Winner": Union
Casualties total: 23,741
Union casualties: 13,047
Confederate casualties: 10,694
Battle Importance: The battle was a major Union victory in the "west" (tennessee). It was a morale booster for Ulysses S. Grant. Also, it was one of the most deadly battles in American history.

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I chose a story on the news about an Australian weather anchor man being attacked at a zoo in Sydney, Australia by a pelican. After the pelican was pulled away by a zoo-keeper, it attacked again during the weather report. The Anchor man wasn't screaming in pain or terror though, it was more of a laughing scream.

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