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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Deep Cut → hasHistoricalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Hay copy → hasHistoricalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Lone Jack, Missouri → hasHistoricalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Stafford County, Virginia → hasHistoricalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Margaret Mitchell → hasPartInHerWork → American Civil War ⓘ

Bleeding Kansas crisis → hasRelatedEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Hay copy → hasSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

Leaves of Grass → hasSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil War (in later poems)

Roger B. Taney Court → historicalContext → American Civil War ⓘ

Scarlett O'Hara → historicalContext → American Civil War ⓘ

The Veteran in a New Field → historicalContext → American Civil War ⓘ

The Wounded Drummer Boy → historicalContext → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Civil War

American nationalism → historicalDevelopment → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil War era United States

Appomattox Court House, Virginia → historicalEra → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate States of America → historicalEra → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

CSA → historicalEra → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Confederate States of America

Guinea Station, Virginia → historicalEra → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

James Chaplin Beecher → historicalEra → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

United States Infantry → historicalInvolvement → American Civil War ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of War → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Carolinas Campaign → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Confederate States Cabinet → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Constitution of the Confederate States of America → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

David Herold → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Edman Spangler → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Harpers Ferry railroad bridge over Potomac River → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

John Wilkes Booth → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Mary Surratt → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Second Inaugural Address → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Secretary of War → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Sylvia Hall → historicalPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

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

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves → historicalPeriodDescribed → American Civil War ⓘ

Shenandoah Valley → historicalSignificance → American Civil War ⓘ

Deep South → historicallyAssociatedWith → American Civil War ⓘ

O Captain! My Captain! → influencedBy → American Civil War ⓘ

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d → influencedBy → American Civil War ⓘ

The Pension Claim Agent → influencedByEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

National Bank Note → introducedInPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

United States Note → introducedInPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

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

Abraham → ledDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Abraham Lincoln

Thomas "Tad" Lincoln → livedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

1864 United States presidential election → locatedInTime → American Civil War ⓘ

A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

Chronicles of the Great Rebellion → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

From Manassas to Appomattox → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

Hospital Sketches → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

McClellan’s Own Story → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ