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1 day ago · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
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2 days ago · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights.
- The American Civil War was the culmination of the struggle between the advocates and opponents of slavery that dated from the founding of the Unite...
- The Union won the American Civil War. The war effectively ended in April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Unio...
- It is estimated that from 752,000 to 851,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. This figure represents approximately 2 percent of the Ame...
- Important people during the American Civil War included Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, whose election prompted the seces...
- The modern usage of Confederate symbols, especially the Confederate Battle Flag and statues of Confederate leaders, is considered controversial bec...
2 days ago · Some have called the American Civil War the last of the old-fashioned wars; others have termed it the first modern war. Actually, it was a transitional war, and it had a profound impact, technologically, on the development of modern weapons and techniques.
2 days ago · The Civil War. Prelude to war, 1850–60. Sectionalism and slavery; A decade of political crises. Popular sovereignty; Polarization over slavery; Secession and the politics of the Civil War, 1860–65. The coming of the war; The political course of the war. Moves toward emancipation; Sectional dissatisfaction; Fighting the Civil War. Foreign ...
1 day ago · A consensus of historians who address the origins of the American Civil War agree that the preservation of the institution of slavery was the principal aim of the eleven Southern states (seven states before the onset of the war and four states after the onset) that declared their secession from the United States (the Union) and united to form ...
2 days ago · The American Civil War was fought during 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 & 1865. Issues involving the slavery for the North and states rights for the South erupted into a full-scale war following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
1 day ago · The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a CCP victory and control of mainland China in the Chinese Communist Revolution.
