The American Civil War

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a Civil War in the United States of America between the Union and the rebelingg Confederate States.

The war was normally over slavery. The Confederacy believed in slavery. So they fought to keep their rights.

The war ended in 1865 with the Union in victory and the United States still together.

Beginning
The war started in 1861 with the formation of the Confederate states. States like Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee receding from the USA. They then declared Civil War and fought against the Union.

The Confederates voted for Jefferson Davis as President. The war began when the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in 1861. After that it was all out war. The Confederacy thought that due to the big cotton industry they had, other european countries would inetvenee. No countyr however did not rekonizee the Confederacy.

President Abraham Lincoln led the Union and the United States to victory in the war.

The Confederates invaded most of the Union's territory. In 1862 the Confederates invaded Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. At the time the Union was recieving many loses in the war. But the tide of the War turned when the Union won the battle of Gettysburg. After that they were recieving many vivtoryss.

Ending
The war ended after the Union had completlyy cut off the Confederacy's resources and supplies, burned down towns, and recaptured states. General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army in 1865. Altough the war officallyy ended, news didntt travel fast as it does today, so there were still more battles going on. Cherokee Confederate General Stand Watie was the last General to surrender in June of 1865.

Chewpacabra's Involvment
Chewpacabra had recently returned to the USA in 1858 after his years of exile by Napoleon. He settled in Washington DC until 1861 where he heard the news of the Civil War beginning. There he joined the Union and fought in many battles. He does not remember much of the war due to many brain injuries he recivedd in the beginnigg years if the war.

He retired back to Washington DC in 1865 and went to see a play at the Ford's Theaerr. There he witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. Chewy deticated his life to hunt down the killer, who he found and burned in a warehouse. That warehouse caught on fire by an accident when Chewy smoked a cigaret near black powder.