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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 [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
- Union
During the American Civil War, the United States was...
- Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America ( CSA ), commonly referred...
- Origins of The American Civil War
A consensus of historians who address the origins of the...
- Battle of Gettysburg
See also: Civil War on postage stamps. The American Civil...
- Talk
The title "American Civil War" is used only because it is...
- Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an...
- List of American Civil War Battles
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April...
- Western Theater of The American Civil War
Theater of operations Western Theater map at The...
- USS Atlanta
Atlanta was a casemate ironclad that served in the...
- 1804 Haiti Massacre
The 1804 Haiti massacre, sometimes referred to as the...
- Union
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a sectional rebellion against the United States of America by the Confederate States, formed of eleven southern states ' governments which moved to secede from the Union after the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. The Union's victory was eventually achieved by leveraging ...
Corwin Amendment. Star of the West; Battle of Fort Sumter. Secession; Confederate States. This timeline 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 the American Civil War.
72,524 killed in action [1] ~ 260,000 total dead. 137,000+ wounded. The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war in the United States of America. It was fought when 11 Southern states left the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy). The US government and the states that remained loyal to ...
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