American Civil War

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19th-century conflict civil war war

The American Civil War was a major 19th-century conflict fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern Union states and the Southern Confederate states, primarily over slavery and states’ rights, that reshaped the political and social landscape of the United States.

Observed surface forms (22)

Surface form	Occurrences
American Civil War era	27
American Civil War (as a civilian who hired a substitute)	1
American Civil War (as administrator, not soldier)	1
American Civil War (as site of Fort Anderson)	1
American Civil War (as wartime governor)	1
American Civil War (political activity)	1
American Civil War (political leadership)	1
American Civil War (primarily on the Confederate side)	1
American Civil War border conflicts	1
American Civil War campaigns	1
American Civil War era politics	1
American Civil War period	1
American Civil War politics	1
Civil War (in later poems)	1
Civil War era United States	1
Confederate War	1
Union blockade of the Confederacy	1
United States Civil War	1
United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865	1
War Between the States	1
War of the Rebellion	1
secession crisis of 1860–1861	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	American Civil War ⓘ surface form: War Between the States American Civil War ⓘ surface form: War of the Rebellion
combatantCommander	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ Jefferson Davis ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
deathTollEstimate	approximately 620000 to 750000 soldiers ⓘ
endDate	1865-05-09 ⓘ
followedBy	Reconstruction era ⓘ
hasCause	secession of Southern states ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ states’ rights ⓘ
hasCommander	George McClellan ⓘ James Longstreet ⓘ Robert E. Lee ⓘ Stonewall Jackson ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
hasPart	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ Battle of Antietam ⓘ Fort Sumter ⓘ surface form: Battle of Fort Sumter Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 ⓘ surface form: Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Shiloh ⓘ First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ Siege of Petersburg ⓘ Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
hasParticipant	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union ⓘ
influenced	civil rights in the United States ⓘ development of federal authority in the United States ⓘ
legalOutcome	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
location	North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mainBelligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
opponent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union ⓘ
precededBy	secession crisis of 1860–1861 ⓘ
result	Reconstruction era ⓘ Union victory ⓘ abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ collapse of the Confederate States of America ⓘ preservation of the United States as a single nation ⓘ
significantEvent	Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ Gettysburg Address ⓘ
significantPlace	Antietam Creek, Maryland ⓘ Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ Fort Sumter ⓘ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
startDate	1861-04-12 ⓘ
topicOf	Lost Cause of the Confederacy narrative ⓘ

Referenced by (408)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States militia forces → activeDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Tredegar Iron Works → activeDuringEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Cavalry → activeInConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Fourteenth Amendment → adoptedAfter → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

American Civil War → alsoKnownAs → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: War Between the States

American Civil War → alsoKnownAs → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: War of the Rebellion

Confederate Congress → appliesDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Radical Republicanism → appliesToPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Barbara Frietchie → associatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate battle flag → associatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Sumter → associatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union blockade of the Confederacy

General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States → associatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: General Grant National Memorial

Julia Dent Grant → associatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Memorial Day → associatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

Petersen House → associatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

Antietam Creek, Maryland → associatedWithConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Antietam Creek

Burnside Bridge → associatedWithConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Guinea Station, Virginia → associatedWithConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Henry House → associatedWithConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Seminary Ridge → associatedWithConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Shriver House Museum → associatedWithConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate monuments → associatedWithEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Dorothea Dix → associatedWithEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Lincoln family → associatedWithEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Lost Cause ideology → associatedWithEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia → associatedWithEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Stonewall Jackson Monument → associatedWithEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) → battleHonors → American Civil War ⓘ

Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon → battles → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Nathaniel Lyon

Confederate States of America → belligerentIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia → capturedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park → commemorates → American Civil War ⓘ

Civil War Unknowns Monument → commemorates → American Civil War ⓘ

Eternal Light Peace Memorial → commemorates → American Civil War ⓘ

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall → commemoratesConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Statue of General William Franklin Draper (Milford, Massachusetts) → commemoratesConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Colorado War → concurrentWith → American Civil War ⓘ

Arlington House plantation → confiscationContext → American Civil War ⓘ

Anaconda Plan → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Appomattox Campaign → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Army of Northern Virginia → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Arthur MacArthur Jr. → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Chickamauga → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Fair Oaks → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Fredericksburg → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Gettysburg → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Marianna site → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Monocacy → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ