American Civil War

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The American Civil War (1861-1865) was fought between the northern and the southern states of the United States over the right of secession.

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1861	1864	1865
States that seceded before April 15, 1861 States that seceded after April 15, 1861 Union states that permitted slavery Union states that forbade slavery Territories, unaffiliated	Union states, including those admitted during the war Union states that permitted slavery Confederate States Territories	Union states Union territories The border states Bleeding Kansas The Confederacy Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories

Soldier
Union Soldiers
Zouave units of the Union army.
Soldiers of the Union army (right) storm a position (Fort Wagner) of the Confederate States Army (left).

Bombardment and Capture of Island Number Ten on the Mississippi River, April 7, 1862
Battle on the lower Mississippi, April 24, 1862
The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet by the Federal Fleet under Commodore Davis - June 6, 1862, off Memphis
CSS Arkansas running through the Union fleet above Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 15, 1862
Bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. January 11, 1863
Admiral Porter's Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16, 1863
Action of USS Monitor against CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862
Burning of USS Merrimack, 1861
Final Assault upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1865