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    In the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states or the Border South were four, later five, slave states in the Upper South that primarily supported...
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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...
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    Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and sought to preserve the...
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    Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...
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    sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to when the Superintendent of the Census, William Rush Merriam...
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    The origins of the American Civil War are rooted in the desire of the Southern states to preserve the institution of slavery. Historians in the 21st century...
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    that declared secession and warred against the United States during the American Civil War. The states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama...
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  • Border states may refer to: Limitrophe states, states bordering a given country, e.g. Russia Border states (American Civil War), the five slave states...
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    was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a...
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  • of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War. It also includes US involvement...
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  • the American Civil War in modern American usage is simply "The Civil War". Although rarely used during the war, the term "War Between the States" became...
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  • the American Civil War: American Civil Warcivil war in the United States of America that lasted from 1861 to 1865. Eleven Southern slave states declared...
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    northern Canada–United States border; Mexico has two other borders: with Belize and with Guatemala. Four American states border Mexico: California, Arizona...
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    Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War between...
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    During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to...
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  • bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war, with more appearing...
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  • films and television shows about the American Civil War (1861–1865). The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) The Civil War by Ken Burns (first broadcast on PBS...
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  • of the American Civil War concerns the financing of the Union and Confederate war efforts from 1861 to 1865, and the economic impact of the war. The Union...
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    Reconstruction era was a period in United States history and Southern United States history that followed the American Civil War and was dominated by the legal,...
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    During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals...
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  • list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories...
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    mid-2012, the crisis had escalated into a full-blown civil war. Receiving arms from NATO and GCC states, rebel forces initially made significant advances...
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  • At the time of the American Civil War (1861–1865), Canada did not yet exist as a federated nation. Instead, British North America consisted of the Province...
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    The Salvadoran Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil de El Salvador) was a twelve-year period of civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government...
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  • neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861–1865). It legally recognized the belligerent status of the Confederate States of America (CSA) but never recognized...
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    American Civil War reenactment is an effort to recreate the appearance of a particular battle or other event associated with the American Civil War by...
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    free states. As such, slavery in the United States technically existed longer in the North than in the South. Border states (American Civil War) Golden...
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    Tamaulipas. U.S. states along the border are California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Territorial exchanges in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) and...
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  • Unionists in the border states organized political parties to oppose secession from the United States during the American Civil War. They extended critical...
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    On 22 September 2014, the United States officially intervened in the Syrian civil war with the stated aim of fighting the terrorist organization ISIS in...
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