Although the Civil War officially ended at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, it wasn’t until June 19, _______ that General Lee finally arrived at Galveston, Texas to notify the last enslaved African Americans of their freedom. Today, we celebrate this day as _______ , which most recently became a national holiday in 2021 due to the activism of #BLM protestors.
More than _______ soldiers died in action or disease, which is equivalent to 2% of the entire nation’s population. The total cost of the war was _______ ; the land and economy of the South was devastated.