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1 Results of the American Civil War

2 April 9, 1865 – Treaty at Appomattox Court House ends the Civil War
Terms of the treaty state that the Confederate army lays down their arms, and go home

3 2/3 of the southern shipping industry was destroyed

4 9,000 miles of railroad destroyed

5 Southern farm property values dropped by 70%

6 Northern deaths totaled approximately 364,000
Southern deaths totaled approximately 260,000

7 Over 660,000 total Union casualties, and over 480,000 total Confederate casualties.

8 Over 211,000 total Union prisoners of war, of which over 30,000 died during the war.
Over 460,000 total Confederate prisoners of war, of which over 25,000 died during the war.

9 The war cost approximately $5 billion to run.

10 4 million freed slaves, totaling approximately $3 billion in property value to Southern plantation owners

11 The “Captured and Abandoned Property Act” allowed the federal government to seize $100 million in southern plantations and cotton


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