Read the paragraph, which may contain errors or false beliefs about the Civil War:

The Civil War was a long, hard struggle in a divided nation. The war began with shots at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. Slavery, the main cause of the war, was ended in January 1861, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. By July 1863, the Confederacy reached its apex at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Two years later, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, in April. The four-year struggle cost more th

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Read the paragraph, which may contain errors or false beliefs about the Civil War:

The Civil War was a long, hard struggle in a divided nation. The war began with shots at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. Slavery, the main cause of the war, was ended in January 1861, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. By July 1863, the Confederacy reached its apex at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Two years later, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, in April. The four-year struggle cost more th