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.

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All labels observed (36)

Label	Occurrences
American Civil War canonical	2,173
American Civil War era	94
American Civil War period	2
American Civil War, 1864	2
Civil War	2
The Civil War	2
1861–1865 American Civil War	1
American Civil War (Union government service)	1
American Civil War (Union naval efforts)	1
American Civil War (as a Union supporter)	1
American Civil War (as a civilian who hired a substitute)	1
American Civil War (as a contributing cause)	1
American Civil War (as administrator, not soldier)	1
American Civil War (as arms supplier)	1
American Civil War (as site of Fort Anderson)	1
American Civil War (as wartime governor)	1
American Civil War (causes)	1
American Civil War (early period)	1
American Civil War (in the narrative)	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 politics	1
Civil War (in later poems)	1
Civil War era United States	1
Confederate War	1
U.S. Civil 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 ⓘ

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American Civil War → alsoKnownAs → American Civil War ⓘ

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American Civil War → alsoKnownAs → American Civil War ⓘ

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subject surface form: Abraham Lincoln

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National Bank Note → introducedInPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

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this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Stonewall Jackson → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

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Secretary of War → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Washington Roebling → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

The Pension Claim Agent → influencedByEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

United States–Native American wars → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Joseph Pulitzer → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

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Northern Central Railway → roleDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

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