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    the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln...
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    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")...
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    Events leading to the American Civil War Northwest Ordinance Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions End of Atlantic slave trade Missouri Compromise Tariff of...
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    During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to...
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    Coast Theater of the American Civil War Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War Category:Battles of the American Civil War Some battles have more...
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    a wide variety of weapons used during the American Civil War, especially in the early days as both the Union and Confederate armies struggled to arm their...
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  • bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war, with more appearing...
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  • The African American in the Civil War. Boston, Little, Brown, 1953. Rose, P. K., The Civil War: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence.Black...
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  • name for the American Civil War in modern American usage is simply "The Civil War". Although rarely used during the war, the term "War Between the States"...
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    The American Civil War saw extensive use of horse-mounted soldiers on both sides of the conflict. They were vital to both the Union Army and Confederate...
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  • commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Many commissions were antedated. Dates of rank were assigned...
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    Foreign enlistment in the American Civil War (1861–1865) reflected the conflict's international significance among both governments and their citizenry...
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    military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people who escaped slavery or those who affiliated with Union forces. In August...
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    The American state of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state...
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    California's involvement in the American Civil War included sending gold east to support the war effort, recruiting volunteer combat units to replace regular...
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    In the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states or the Border South were four, later five, slave states in the Upper South that primarily supported...
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    sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to when the Superintendent of the Census, William Rush Merriam...
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  • neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861–1865). It legally recognized the belligerent status of the Confederate States of America (CSA) but never recognized...
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  • American Civil War alternate histories are alternate history fiction that focuses on the Civil War ending differently or not occurring. The American Civil...
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    Houston Museum of African American Culture on June 17, 2020. American Civil War portal Texas portal Confederate States of America – animated map of state...
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    American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the start of the Civil War...
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    African Americans, including former enslaved individuals, served in the American Civil War. The 186,097 black men who joined the Union Army included 7...
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  • German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War[citation needed]. More than 200,000 native-born Germans...
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    America, which features an animated map of state secession and confederacy List of Alabama Union Civil War regiments Mobile, Alabama in the American Civil...
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  • films and television shows about the American Civil War (1861–1865). The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) The Civil War by Ken Burns (first broadcast on PBS...
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    The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox...
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    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states...
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    media related to Uniforms of the American Civil War. This article covers military uniforms during the American Civil War (1861–1865). During the years 1860–1865...
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    rural areas. Louisiana declared that it had seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861. Civil-War era New Orleans, the largest city in the South, was strategically...
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    nodes. Mississippian troops fought in every major theater of the American Civil War, although most were concentrated in the Western Theater. Confederate...
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