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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.
These events are roughly divided into two periods: the first encompasses the gradual build-up over many decades of the numerous social, economic, and political issues that ultimately contributed to the war's outbreak, and the second encompasses the five-month span following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in ...
This category contains fictional works (books, films, games) that speculate about a second American Civil War. Pages in category "Second American Civil War speculative fiction" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
American Civil War – civil war in the United States of America that lasted from 1861 to 1865. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America , also known as "the Confederacy."
List of alternate histories diverging at the American Civil War is a compilation of alternate history fiction whose point of divergence is the American Civil War.These Civil War alternate histories typically focus on a Confederate victory but others focus on scenarios such as a Civil War being averted, British intervention in the conflict, a Union victory occurring under different ...
The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-84944-5. Esposito, Vincent J. West Point Atlas of American Wars. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959. OCLC 5890637. The collection of maps (without explanatory text) is available online at the West Point website [permanent dead link ]. Foote ...
Somali Civil War, since 1988 The United Nations intervenes in the Somali Civil War, July 27, 1992 – March 3, 1995 The United States leads the Unified Task Force, December 9, 1992 – May 4, 1993; The United States deploys independent Task Force Ranger, August 8, 1993 – March 31, 1994 Battle of Mogadishu, October 3–4, 1993