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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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 ⓘ

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

The Christian General → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Oliver Otis Howard

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Philip Sheridan → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Major Robert Anderson → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Anderson

Robert E. Lee → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Rutherford B. Hayes → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Rutherford → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Rutherford B. Hayes

Sam Grant → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Sherman’s March to the Sea → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Siege of Petersburg → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Siege of Vicksburg → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Stonewall Jackson → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Stonewall → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson

U.S. Sanitary Commission → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Union → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Union Army → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Valley Campaign of 1862 → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Valley Campaigns of 1864 → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Washington Roebling → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

William L. Cabell → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

William McKinley → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

William R. Shafter → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

William Tecumseh Sherman → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Winfield Scott → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Winfield Scott Hancock → conflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle Monument at West Point → conflictCommemorated → American Civil War ⓘ

Gettysburg National Military Park → conflictCommemorated → American Civil War ⓘ

Emancipation Proclamation → conflictContext → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Antietam → conflictIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Chancellorsville → conflictIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Dakota War of 1862 → conflictIn → American Civil War ⓘ

First Battle of Bull Run → conflictIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Peninsula Campaign → conflictIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Second Battle of Bull Run → conflictIn → American Civil War ⓘ

USASC → conflictInvolved → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Army Signal Corps → conflictInvolved → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Ordnance Department → conflictInvolved → American Civil War ⓘ

Atlanta Campaign → conflictOf → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 → conflictOf → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg

Seven Days Battles → conflictOf → American Civil War ⓘ

Medal of Honor → conflictOfFirstAwards → American Civil War ⓘ

Frank Furness → conflictParticipatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

George Westinghouse → conflictParticipatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

James Chaplin Beecher → conflictParticipatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Lester Frank Ward → conflictParticipatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

William Conant Church → conflictParticipatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ