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    of Southern states Peace Conference of 1861 Corwin Amendment Battle of Fort Sumter The origins of the American Civil War were rooted in the desire of...
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    Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...
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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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    American Civil War reenactment is an effort to recreate the appearance of a particular battle or other event associated with the American Civil War by...
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  • The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War: American Civil Warcivil war in the United States of...
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  • The 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...
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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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    North Carolina; they warred against the United States during the American Civil War. With Abraham Lincoln's election as President of the United States in...
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    of events leading to the American Civil War is a chronologically ordered list of events and issues that historians recognize as origins and causes of...
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    example, the Old West subperiod is sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to when the Superintendent...
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  • 1865 or return to the main page. The following is a list of engagements that took place in 1861 during the American Civil War. The war started on April...
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    in the American Civil War but did raise some troops to defend the settlements following the Dakota War of 1862 which triggered hostilities with the Sioux...
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    During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, was the center of the Union war effort, which rapidly...
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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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  • The origins of the Sri Lankan Civil War lie in the continuous political rancor between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Sri Lankan Tamils. The...
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    sent forces to help decide the Russian Civil War in the Whites’ favor. Lenin made peace overtures to Wilson, and the American leader responded by sending...
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  • how the past has been viewed or interpreted. Historiographic issues about the American Civil War include the name of the war, the origins or causes of the...
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  • in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were...
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    Hoffer, Williamjames Hull (2010). The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University...
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    leading to the American Civil War Northwest Ordinance Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions End of Atlantic slave trade Missouri Compromise Tariff of 1828 Nat...
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    called the civil rights era. After the American Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery in the 1860s, the Reconstruction Amendments to the United...
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  • During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield. Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was...
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    A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region...
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  • the fires of sectional controversy leading up to the Civil War; for it had the distinction of being the only book in American history to become the center...
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  • the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, was widespread. Although there had been many attempts at compromise prior to the outbreak of war...
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    leading to the American Civil War Northwest Ordinance Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions End of Atlantic slave trade Missouri Compromise Tariff of 1828 Nat...
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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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    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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  • the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War. It also includes...
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    relocated to the Houston Museum of African American Culture on June 17, 2020. American Civil War portal Texas portal Confederate States of America – animated...
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