The American Civil War (1861-1865)
The American Civil War was a conflict fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. The war was a result of the long-standing disagreement between the two sides over the issue of slavery and the power of the federal government. The war resulted in the
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery in the United States. The South saw slavery as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing abolitionist movement in the North. The war ended with Union victory, the dissolution of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery, freeing four million African Americans.