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.

Illinois National Guard → conflictParticipation → American Civil War ⓘ

Revenue Marine Service → conflictParticipation → American Civil War ⓘ

Monocacy National Battlefield area → conflictTypePreserved → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Monocacy National Battlefield

St. Patrick’s Cathedral → constructionInterruptedBy → American Civil War ⓘ

Gettysburg Address → context → American Civil War ⓘ

Harper's Weekly → coveredEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant → coversEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

St. John’s Episcopal Church (ruins) → damagedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

William Wallace Lincoln → deathOccurredDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Perpetual Union → debatedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Warren Rifles Confederate Museum → dedicatedTo → American Civil War ⓘ

Prisoners from the Front → depicts → American Civil War ⓘ

The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film) → depictsConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

United States federal armory (historical) → destroyedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry

Confederate heritage organizations → emergedAfter → American Civil War ⓘ

Lost Cause of the Confederacy → emergedAfter → American Civil War ⓘ

Civil Rights Act of 1866 → enactedAfter → American Civil War ⓘ

National Banking Act of 1863 → enactedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Armed Forces → engagedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Army → engagedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Marine Corps → engagedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Mare Island Naval Shipyard → era → American Civil War ⓘ

Matthews Hill → era → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Stone House → era → American Civil War ⓘ

William Wallace Lincoln → era → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

transcontinental telegraph → era → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Shriver House Museum → eraInterpreted → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War period

Arlington National Cemetery → establishedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

American Civil War Museum → focusesOn → American Civil War ⓘ

Manassas Museum → focusesOn → American Civil War ⓘ

Black Codes → followedEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Reconstruction era → follows → American Civil War ⓘ

Wild West → follows → American Civil War ⓘ

Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → followsEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Bleeding Kansas crisis → foreshadows → American Civil War ⓘ

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church → foundedAfter → American Civil War ⓘ

Church of Christ (Temple Lot) → foundedAfterEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Hebron Academy → foundedBefore → American Civil War ⓘ

Blanche K. Bruce → freedFromSlavery → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

James Buchanan → governedDuringEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: secession crisis of 1860–1861

Battle of the Trench → hasAlias → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederate War

Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) → hasArtisticTheme → American Civil War ⓘ

Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States → hasBurialsFromConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)

Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery → hasContext → American Civil War ⓘ

Young Napoleon → hasContext → American Civil War ⓘ

Jefferson County, West Virginia → hasHistoricEventAssociation → American Civil War ⓘ

Charleston County, South Carolina → hasHistoricSignificance → American Civil War ⓘ

Fauquier County, Virginia → hasHistoricSignificance → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War campaigns

Winchester, Virginia → hasHistoricSignificance → American Civil War ⓘ

Southern United States → hasHistoricalEvent → American Civil War ⓘ