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- DictionaryA·mer·i·can Civ·il War/əˈmerəkən ˈsivil wôr/
- 1. the war between the northern US states (usually known as the Union) and the Confederate states of the South, 1861–65.
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1861–1865 civil war in the United States between the North and the South
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 had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. Wikipedia