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    Nevada's entry into statehood in the United States on October 31, 1864, in the midst of the American Civil War, was expedited by Union sympathizers in...
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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 Pacific coast theater of the American Civil War consists of major military operations in the United States on the Pacific Ocean and in the states and...
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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 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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    who address the origins of the American Civil War agree that the preservation of the institution of slavery was the principal aim of the 11 Southern states...
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    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 the U.S. census...
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    During the American Civil War, the United States (U.S.) was referred to as the Union, also known colloquially as the North, after eleven Southern slave...
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    the outbreak of the American Civil War, Oregon raised the 1st Oregon Cavalry that was activated in 1862 and served until June 1865. During the Civil War...
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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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  • 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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    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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    The Utah Territory (September 9, 1850 - January 4, 1896) during the American Civil War was far from the main operational theaters of war, but still played...
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  • Battalion Nevada Infantry 1st Battalion Nevada Cavalry Nevada in the American Civil War Civil War Archive (Nevada) Wren, Thomas (1904). A History of the State...
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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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    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 history of Idaho in the American Civil War is atypical, as the territory was far from the battlefields. At the start of the Civil War, modern-day...
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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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    Comstock Lode (category Nevada in the American Civil War)
    The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then...
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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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    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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    trail runs the length of the Carson River in the Carson River Ranches unit. The Nevada Civil War Volunteers have put on a civil war encampment at Fort Churchill...
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    William M. Stewart (category People of Nevada in the American Civil War)
    arrived in San Francisco, California, and soon left to begin mining near Nevada City, California.: 1–4  In 1903 he was reputed to be one of the richest...
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    In the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and...
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    The Colorado Territory was formally created in 1861 shortly before the bombardment of Fort Sumter sparked the American Civil War. Although sentiments were...
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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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    1858–1878 Paiute War, 1860 Pony Express, 1860–1861 American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 Nevada in the American Civil War First Transcontinental...
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  • of the United States United States Armed Forces Some historians name the 1861–1865 war the "Second American Civil War", because in their view, the American...
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    words "Battle Born", one of the state's mottos (in reference to Nevada becoming a state during the American Civil War). Below the star and state name are...
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