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.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass → subject → American Civil War ⓘ

Melvin Memorial (Concord, Massachusetts) → subject → American Civil War ⓘ

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

Second Inaugural Address → subject → American Civil War ⓘ

The Battle Hymn of the Republic → subject → American Civil War ⓘ

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial → subject → American Civil War ⓘ

Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant (Philadelphia) → subjectConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Prisoners from the Front → subjectHeading → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865

St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church → survivedEvent → American Civil War ⓘ

Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum → theme → American Civil War ⓘ

Kara Walker → theme → American Civil War ⓘ

Shriver House Museum → theme → American Civil War ⓘ

Stonewall Jackson Monument → theme → American Civil War ⓘ

Confederate States Supreme Court (planned, never fully operational) → timePeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Confederate States Supreme Court

General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission → timePeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Hospital Sketches → timePeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Lee’s War Horse → timePeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

Soldiers' National Cemetery → timePeriod → American Civil War ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

National Battlefields → timePeriodCovered → American Civil War ⓘ

United States Marine Corps museums → timePeriodCovered → American Civil War ⓘ

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

The Wounded Drummer Boy → timePeriodDepicted → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

From Manassas to Appomattox → timePeriodDescribed → American Civil War ⓘ

Lincoln family → timePeriodOfProminence → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

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

Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park → topic → American Civil War ⓘ

Gettysburg Address → topic → American Civil War ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg

Kansas → unionAdmissionContext → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War era

Brunswick Town → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War (as site of Fort Anderson)

Cumberland Valley Railroad → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Barrancas → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Pickens → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Jefferson Barracks, Missouri → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Long Bridge → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Old Pete → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

Stone Bridge → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Stone Bridge (Manassas National Battlefield Park)

Sudley Church → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

The Battery → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: The Battery (Charleston)

Western and Atlantic Railroad → usedDuring → American Civil War ⓘ

First White House of the Confederacy → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Jefferson → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort McHenry → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Monroe, Virginia → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Point National Historic Site → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Snelling → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

Fort Union National Monument (historic fort resources) → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Fort Union National Monument

The Battle Hymn of the Republic → usedDuringConflict → American Civil War ⓘ