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.

U.S. state of Georgia → playedRoleIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Georgia

Georgia → playedRoleIn → American Civil War ⓘ

South Carolina → playedRoleIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Gilded Age → precededBy → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

impeachment of Andrew Johnson → precededBy → American Civil War ⓘ

Antebellum period → precedes → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate States of America → primaryWar → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Volunteers → raisedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Dahlonega Mint → reasonForClosure → American Civil War ⓘ

Cump → refersToHistoricalPeriodOfBearer → American Civil War ⓘ

Young Napoleon → relatedEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Dred Scott v. Sandford → relatedTo → American Civil War ⓘ

John Brown’s raid of 1859 → relatedTo → American Civil War ⓘ

African-American history → relatedToEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Kansas–Nebraska Act → relatedToEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Reconstruction Amendments → relatedToEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Missouri–Kansas state line → relatedToHistoricalEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War border conflicts

William Howard Russell → reportedConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Northern Central Railway → roleDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Charleston → roleIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Abraham Lincoln → servedAsPresidentDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Boston Corbett → servedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Little Mac → servedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: George B. McClellan

Old Pete → servedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: James Longstreet

Oliver Otis Howard → servedIn → American Civil War ⓘ

Hannibal Hamlin → servesAsVicePresidentDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Ashley Wilkes → setDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

The Birth of a Nation → setDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Gone with the Wind → setInPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Little Women (1933 film) → setInPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Little Women (1994 film) → setInPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly → setInPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

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

Rhett Butler → setting → American Civil War ⓘ

Friendly Persuasion → settingPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Little Women → settingPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

American South (19th and early 20th centuries) → shapedByEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Abraham → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Abraham Lincoln

American abolitionist movement → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Cannonball House → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Commanding General of the United States Army → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate States Cabinet → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Stanton Historic District → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Third System of US seacoast defense → significantEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

McLean House → significantPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Springfield Armory National Historic Site → significantPeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Anna Jackson → spouseDeathContext → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Sumter → startOf → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate Soldiers Monument → subject → American Civil War ⓘ