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 ⓘ

Referenced by (408)

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

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

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

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

The Wounded Drummer Boy → mainSubject → American Civil War ⓘ

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

Allan Pinkerton → militaryConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Grover Cleveland → militaryConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War (as a civilian who hired a substitute)

Henry Wilson → militaryConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Samuel Arnold → militaryConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

George Atzerodt → militaryConflictContext → American Civil War ⓘ

Michael O'Laughlen → militaryConflictContext → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Navy → notableConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Revenue Cutter Service → notableConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Volunteers → notableConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Mary Todd Lincoln → notableEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Varina Howell Davis → notableEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Fair Oaks → partOf → American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Marianna site → partOf → American Civil War ⓘ

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

Alexander H. Stephens → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Charles Sumner → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War (political leadership)

Dix → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Dorothea Dix

Gouverneur Kemble Warren → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Henry Lee Higginson → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Henry Winter Davis → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War (political activity)

Maria Louisa Garland → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: James Longstreet

Jefferson Davis → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Lewis Henry Douglass → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Whitelaw Reid → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

William F. Cody → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

William P. Frye → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War politics

William T. Sampson → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Winfield Scott → participantIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Chickasaw Nation → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War (primarily on the Confederate side)

Choctaw Nation → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Clara Barton → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Frederick Law Olmsted → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War (as administrator, not soldier)

Hamlin → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannibal Hamlin

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

John C. Breckinridge → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Maryland militia → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Richard Yates → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War (as wartime governor)

Samuel Francis Du Pont → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Buckner → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner

Thomas → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Jonathan Jackson

Roebling → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Roebling

Cump → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: William Tecumseh Sherman

Zachariah Chandler → participatedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era politics

Fort Pickens → playedRoleIn → American Civil War ⓘ