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15 mag 2024 · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president (1860), the Southern states seceded.
- The War in 1864–65
American Civil War - Union, Confederacy, Emancipation:...
- The Military Background of The War
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events. Discover 6 Lost...
- The Southern Home Front
American Civil War - Secession, Slavery, Homefront: By 1863...
- Sherman's Campaigns, Total War
Meanwhile, Sherman was pushing off toward Atlanta from...
- Second Battle of Bull Run
American Civil War - Bull Run, Manassas, Antietam: In the...
- Cost, Significance, Impact
The enormous death rate—roughly 2 percent of the 1860...
- The Naval War
Daring Confederate sea raiders preyed upon Union commerce....
- The Land War
American Civil War - Battles, Armies, Impact: A strong...
- The War in 1864–65
1 giorno fa · The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, [2] [3] was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
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- Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862; 161 years ago
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Presidential proclamation
1 giorno fa · The successful 1863 Union siege of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River, while Confederate General Robert E. Lee's incursion north failed at the Battle of Gettysburg. Western successes led to General Ulysses S. Grant's command of all Union armies in 1864.
- April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865, (4 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
- Dissolution of the Confederate States of America
15 mag 2024 · The history of the United States from 1865 to 1917 was marked by the Reconstruction era, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, and includes the rise of industrialization and the resulting surge of immigration in the United States.
3 giorni fa · In 1863, during the American Civil War, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared more than three million enslaved people living in the Confederate states to be free. More than two years would pass, however, before the news reached African Americans living in Texas .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
7 mag 2024 · Liberty Leading the People, painting (1830) by French artist Eugene Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution that deposed King Charles X. The heroic scene was initially received with mixed reviews, but it became one of Delacroix’s most popular paintings, an emblem of justified revolt.
29 apr 2024 · Overview of the Battle of Chancellorsville that includes background information, timeline of events, and aftermath.
