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United States State Department clerk Robert S. Chew and United States War Department Captain Talbot give President Lincoln's message to Governor Pickens. [327] [353] The U. S. Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane leaves New York with supplies for Fort Sumter. [352] [353]
The Civil War - website with more than 7,000 pages of Civil War content, including the complete run of Harper's Weekly newspapers from the Civil War. The American Civil War - Detailed listing of events, documents, battles, commanders and important people of the US Civil War; Civil War: Death and Destruction - slideshow by Life magazine
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.
In 1993, the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) reported to Congress and the ABPP on their extensive analysis of significant battles and battlefields. Of the estimated 8,000 occasions in which hostilities occurred in the American Civil War, this table and related articles describe the 384 battles that were classified in CWSAC's Report ...
April–June 1865 – American Civil War ends as the last elements of the Confederacy surrender; 1865 – Ku Klux Klan founded; 1865 – Slavery abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment. 1866 – Civil Rights Act of 1866; 1866 - Tennessee becomes the first Confederate state readmitted to the union; 1867 – Tenure of Office Act enacted
2003–2011: War in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 20, 2003, The United States leads a coalition that includes the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland to invade Iraq with the stated goal being "to disarm Iraq in pursuit of peace, stability, and security both in the Gulf region and in the United States."
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The German Reich declares war on the United States, December 11, 1941; The United States declares war on the German Reich and the Italian Empire, December 11, 1941; Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943; The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, June 5, 1942; Allied Forces invade Sicily, July 9, 1943