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    During the American Civil War, the State of Vermont gave strong support to the Union war effort, raising troops and money. According to Rachel Cree Sherman:...
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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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    Cavalry (26th New York Cavalry) 1st Vermont Brigade 2nd Vermont Brigade Vermont in the American Civil War Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    Boston until the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861. By the time Civil War broke out, the cavernous hull of the vessel was badly needed as a...
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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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    Willie Johnston (Medal of Honor) (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry during the American Civil War. When his division was routed during the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula...
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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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    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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    America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the...
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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 when the Superintendent...
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    John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    served in Vermont during the American Civil War as commander of the state militia's Company K, 10th Regiment with the rank of captain. Early in his life...
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    Edwin H. Stoughton (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    portal American Civil War portal List of American Civil War generals (Union) Vermont in the American Civil War Benedict, G. G., Vermont in the Civil War. A...
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    Ethan A. Hitchcock (general) (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    had War Department assignments in Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War, in which he served as a major general. Hitchcock was born in Vergennes...
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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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    Emerson H. Liscum (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War. He was killed in battle at Tianjin, China during the Boxer...
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    Benjamin Alvord (mathematician) (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    an American soldier, mathematician, and botanist. Alvord was born in Rutland, Vermont, where he developed an interest in nature. He attended the United...
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    the capabilities of the forces that fought the American Civil War. Understanding these capabilities should give insight into the reasoning behind the...
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    practiced law in New York City. He served as quartermaster general of the New York Militia during the American Civil War. Following the war, he devoted...
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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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  • The diplomacy of the American Civil War involved the relations of the United States and the Confederate States of America with the major world powers during...
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    Redfield Proctor (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    by the Middlebury College Chapter. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Proctor returned to Vermont and enlisted in the 3rd Vermont Infantry...
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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 state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was extremely primitive. Doctors did not understand infection, and did little to prevent it...
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    Israel B. Richardson (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    during the Mexican–American War and American Civil War, where he was a major general in the Union Army. Nicknamed "Fighting Dick" for his prowess on the battlefield...
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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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    George J. Stannard (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
    1886) was a Vermont farmer, teacher, government official and Union general in the American Civil War. Stannard was born in Georgia, Vermont, the son of Samuel...
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    participated in the American Civil War as a member of the Confederate States of America. It had been admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845. In January...
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