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    The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, troops and officers for the Union army. Iowa had...
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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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  • The 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...
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    the American Civil War Iowa in the American Civil War Illinois in the American Civil War Missouri in the American Civil War Kentucky in the American Civil...
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    During the American Civil War, the United States was referred to as simply the Union, also known colloquially as the North, after eleven Southern slave...
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  • This is a list of American Civil War units from Iowa which fought in the Union Army. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four...
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  • The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War: American Civil Warcivil war in the United States of...
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  • German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War[citation needed]. More than 200,000 native-born Germans...
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    California's involvement in the American Civil War included sending gold east to support the war effort, recruiting volunteer combat units to replace...
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  • During the American Civil War, sexual behavior, gender roles, and attitudes were affected by the conflict, especially by the absence of menfolk at home...
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    The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox...
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    border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by...
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    For example, the Old West subperiod is sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to the when Superintendent...
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    Samuel Ryan Curtis (category People of Iowa in the American Civil War)
    following year in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, in Keokuk. American Civil War portal List of American Civil War generals (Union)...
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  • This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and...
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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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    The area that eventually became the U.S. state of Montana played little direct role in the American Civil War. The closest the Confederate States Army...
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  • opposition to the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, was widespread. Although there had been many attempts at compromise prior to the outbreak...
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    Grenville M. Dodge (category People of Iowa in the American Civil War)
    on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western...
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    in the trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. Despite its remoteness from the major battlefields of the east, and its being part of the...
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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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    George Pomutz (category People of Iowa in the American Civil War)
    Romanian-American officer during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 against the Habsburgs, a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War, a lawyer, and a diplomat...
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    William W. Belknap (category People of Iowa in the American Civil War)
    lawyer, Union Army officer, government administrator in Iowa, and the 30th United States Secretary of War, serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. Belknap...
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  • The economic history of the American Civil War concerns the financing of the Union and Confederate war efforts from 1861 to 1865, and the economic impact...
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    The American Civil War was the most widely covered conflict of the 19th century. The images would provide posterity with a comprehensive visual record...
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    Slavery played the central role during the American Civil War. The primary catalyst for secession was slavery, especially Southern political leaders'...
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    until 1865. In 1861, Harlan was a Delegate to the Peace Conference that tried to arrange a compromise to prevent the American Civil War. Harlan was a...
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    During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Maryland, a slave state, was one of the border states, straddling the South and North. Despite some popular...
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    Samuel J. Kirkwood (category People of Iowa in the American Civil War)
    1894) was an American politician who twice served as governor of Iowa, twice as a U.S. Senator from Iowa, and as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Samuel...
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    contribution to the Union during the American Civil War. While the state itself was far removed from the combat theaters of the war, Michigan supplied...
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