A 14th tiny, very dim, moon was discovered in 2013 and awaits official recognition. Triton, Neptune's largest moon, orbits the planet in the opposite direction compared with the rest of the moons, suggesting that it may have been captured by Neptune in the distant past.
History & Culture. The US Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and led to over 618,000 casualties. Its causes can be traced back to tensions that formed early in the nation's history. Economic and social differences between the North and the South. With Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton became very profitable.
The North and South fought the Civil War because the South lived on slavery and could not live without it, the north on the other hand did not like slavery. They also fought t â¦ he war because the South seceded after Lincoln became president.t had to do because of slavery the north wanted to abolish slavery and the south wanted it I hear towards the end of the war the south got rid of it but still was waring but â¦ I'm not sure about that but it started because Lincoln the president at the time wanted slavery gone.