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1 day ago · t. e. 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"), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery would ...
- April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865, (4 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
- Dissolution of the Confederate States of America
3 days ago · More than 60,000 books have been published about the U.S. Civil War since 1865. Historians have spilled much ink over the nation’s deadliest conflict, one that led to the deaths of more than ...
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2 days ago · At the beginning of the war, the grand strategy of the Confederate states was a "defensive strategy": gaining military and economic aid from European countries, demoralizing the North's will to wage and continue the war, and defending the South at its borders. None of these strategies proved very fruitful, however, and the Confederacy's grand ...
5 days ago · Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, ISBN: 9780190860608; 520pp.; Price: £22.99. A renowned historian of the American Civil War era, Elizabeth R. Varon draws on her expertise in her new book Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War. It is both a comprehensive narrative of the Civil War and a new interpretation of northern war ...
4 days ago · The Occupation of Alcatraz, 1969. John Trudell speaking at the Senator Hotel after the removal of the Indians from Alcatraz. San Francisco, June 11,1971. Photograph by Ilka Hartmann. After the occupation, Trudell became involved with the American Indian Movement, serving as its chairman from 1973 to 1979.
4 days ago · Dr. LaNada War Jack is a member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribe and one of the most pivotal leaders of the Alcatraz Occupation. As the first Native American to attend University of California Berkeley, War Jack was instrumental in organizing the student-led takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969 due to her role as the head of the Native American ...
3 days ago · Historian Eric Foner explains why the Fugitive Slave Act was such a divisive political act and a turning point in the sectional conflicts that had plagued American society during the antebellum era. Foner also describes the role of former slaves in shaping the abolitionist movement. The issue of fugitive slaves in a sense became one of the most ...
