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The surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on April 9th 1865.
This was the biggest of the Confederate armies in the field, and its surrender is taken as the notional end of the war, although some smaller units were still in action for a few more weeks.
There was never a peace treaty, because there had never been a declaration of war in the first place - Lincoln refused to recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
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What did the Civil War stop?
The Civil War led to the end of Slavery.
Where did the confederate war end?
after civil war
What was the biggest event leading to the civil war?
slavery
What are the number of slaves in US at the end of the civil war?
Many slaves had served in the Civil War. There were about 4 million slaves under bondage by the end of the Civil War.
After what war did slavery end?
The American Civil War.
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