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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"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
It was fought between a Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederate pickets from Tucson, and marks the westernmost battle of the American Civil War involving fatalities (though a skirmish known as the Battle of Stanwix Station was 40 miles further west and 80 miles from the California border in the direction of Fort Yuma ...
American Civil War: 0.6–1 million [83] [84] 1861–1865 United States vs. Confederate States: North America Mozambican Civil War: 0.5–1 million [85] 1977–1992 People's Republic of Mozambique, later Republic of Mozambique, and allies vs. RENAMO and allies Mozambique First Sudanese Civil War: 0.5–1 million [86] [87] 1955–1972
The 13 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
Cook, Robert J. Civil War memories: Contesting the past in the United States since 1865 (JHU Press, 2017) online. Eldridge, Brandon M. (2021) "The Ever-Evolving Historiography of the American Civil War," Graduate Review 1#1 pp. 55-61 online; Escott, Paul D. Rethinking the Civil War Era: Directions for Research (University Press of Kentucky ...
February 16: Texas forces seize the United States Arsenal and Barracks at San Antonio. [322] February 18: U.S. Brigadier General and Brevet Major General David E. Twiggs surrenders U. S. military posts in the Department of Texas to the State of Texas and effectively surrenders the one-fourth of the United States Army which
River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War. New York: Viking Adult, 2005. ISBN 0-670-03440-1. National Park Service battle description; CWSAC report update; Further reading. Burkhardt, George S. "No Quarter." North & South – The Official Magazine of the Civil War Society, vol. 10, no. 1. Cimprich, John (2005).
This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides. [ A ] Highest casualty battles