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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.
The 15 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.
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 Reconstruction era was a period in United States history and Southern United States history that followed the American Civil War and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the abolition of slavery and the reintegration of the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.
It’s the nowness of “Civil War” that will be much discussed. The movie takes place in an America that’s been amplified from its current state of near-insurrection, but only slightly, a ...
The buzzy film represents a high-stakes gamble for A24. The company will unleash “Civil War” in 3,000 theaters on April 12, marking A24’s widest release ever, and with a $55 million budget ...
Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory is a 2001 book by the American historian David W. Blight. [1] The book was awarded the Frederick Douglass Prize for the best book on slavery of 2001.
The book examines how the war reflected a different version of America at the time. “But also look at the war as a discreet, historical event and what it told about America when America was ...