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  2. Ceasefire - Wikipedia

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    Ceasefire agreements are more likely to be reached when the costs of conflict are high and when the actors in a conflict have lower audience costs. [7] Scholars emphasize that war termination is more likely to occur when actors have more information about each other, when actors can make credible commitments, and when the domestic political situation makes it possible for leaders to make war ...

  3. Peace treaty - Wikipedia

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    A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. [1] It is different from an armistice , which is an agreement to stop hostilities; a surrender , in which an army agrees to give up arms; or a ceasefire or truce , in which the parties may ...

  4. Conclusion of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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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 Court House, by General Robert E. Lee and concluded with the surrender of the CSS Shenandoah on November 6, 1865, bringing the hostilities of the American Civil War to a close. [1]

  5. List of armistices - Wikipedia

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    Armistice of Villa Giusti, signed on 3 November 1918 between Italy and Austria-Hungary, which ended the fighting on the Italian front of the war; Armistice of 11 November 1918, also known as the Armistice of Compiègne, between Germany and the Allies, which ended fighting on the Western Front of the war; the date of its signature is ...

  6. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

  7. Armistice - Wikipedia

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    An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. [1] It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" (as in weapons) and -stitium, meaning "a stopping". [2]

  8. Armistice Day: What is the history behind the Remembrance ...

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    Armistice Day is observed in Britain every 11 November to mark the agreement signed between the Allies and Germany that brought an end to the First World War and to remember the soldiers who gave ...

  9. Battle of Appomattox Court House - Wikipedia

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    The final campaign for Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States, began when the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River in June 1864. The armies under the command of Lieutenant General and General in Chief Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) laid siege to Petersburg, south of Richmond, intending to cut the two cities' supply lines and force the Confederates to evacuate.