American Civil War

The American Civil War was a military conflict between the United States of America, also called the Union or Federals, and the Confederate States of America, also called the Confederacy or Southern States. They fought over issues of states rights and the extension of slavery into the western territories. The war is sometimes referred to as The War Between the States or The War of Rebellion, and the world watched to see if this nation, conceived in liberty, would long endure. President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation brought freedom to 4 million black slaves. In the war, 3,263,000 served, 529,330 were killed, and 418,206 were wounded.

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