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.

Battle of Selma (1865) → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Shiloh → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Vienna (American Civil War) → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Benjamin F. Butler → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Benjamin Harrison → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Bombardment of Fort Sumter → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Brawner Farm → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Braxton Bragg → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Carolinas Campaign → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Charles Appleton Longfellow → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Charles Devens → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Chattanooga Campaign → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Chester A. Arthur → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Civil War Unknowns Monument → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate Congress → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate States Army → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

CSA → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Confederate States of America

Confederate military leadership → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Cullen Bohannon → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Cushman K. Davis → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Dahlonega Mint → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Admiral David Farragut → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: David Farragut

Devils Den (nearby) → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Edmund G. Ross → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Edward Dickinson Baker → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Edwin M. Stanton → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Garfield → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

George McClellan → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: George B. McClellan

Little Mac → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: George B. McClellan

George Dewey → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Grenville M. Dodge → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Henry Hill → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Henry Markham → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Henry W. Halleck → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Hiram Revels → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Isaac Jones Wistar → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

J.E.B. Stuart → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

James A. Garfield → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

James Longstreet → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Old Pete → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: James Longstreet

John Alexander Logan → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

John Marshall Harlan → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Joseph Pulitzer → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Kit Carson → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Manassas → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Manassas National Battlefield Park → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Matthews Hill → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Military Division of the Mississippi → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Nathaniel Lyon