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This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
In the many decades between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, such divisions became increasingly irreconcilable and contentious. [1] Events in the 1850s culminated with the election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president on November 6, 1860.
Eleven rebels killed and eight captured by U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee, Lt. J.E.B. Stuart, and Lt. Israel Greene. American Civil War: April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 Southern United States: Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Western Theater of the American Civil War Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War
Sulla's civil war: Italy, Roman Republic: Populares: The Optimates were once again victorious and Sulla established himself as Dictator of Rome. [40] 80–71 BC Sertorian War: Hispania, Roman Republic: Populares: The war ended after the Populares leader Quintus Sertorius was assassinated by Marcus Perperna Vento, who was then promptly defeated ...
In response to continued British interference with American shipping (including the practice of impressment of American sailors into the British Navy), and to British aid to American Indians in the Old Northwest, the Twelfth Congress—led by Southern and Western Jeffersonians—declared war on Britain in 1812. Westerners and Southerners were ...
1863 – Southern bread riots, April 2, Riots which broke out in the South during the Civil War due to food shortages throughout the Confederate States of America; 1863 – Battle of Fort Fizzle, June, also known as the Holmes County Draft Riots, active resistance to the draft during the Civil War, Holmes County, Ohio
War of the Confederation and Uruguayan Civil War: French blockade of the Rio de la Plata: 28 March 1838 - 29 Oct 1840: Two year long blockade on the new Argentine Republic: Argentine Civil War: Battle of Quebracho Herrado: 28 Nov: French colonization of Africa: Battle of Mazagran: 1840 - 1903: French Army holds up against an attack by Algerian ...
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History (2002), 1600 entries in 2700 pages in 5 vol or 1-vol editions; Woodworth, Steven E. ed. American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research (1996) (ISBN 0-313-29019-9), 750 pages of historiography and bibliography