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Since the free states and most non-Yankee groups (Germans, Dutch-Americans, New York Irish and southern-leaning settlers in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois) showed opposition to waging the Civil War, [29] other Confederate sympathizers have used the name "War of Yankee Aggression" [30] to indicate the Civil War as a Yankee war, not a Northern war ...
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.
This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in. There are currently 123 military conflicts on this list, 5 of which are ongoing. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War.
The Latin term bellum civile, meaning in English, civil war, was used to describe wars within a single community beginning around 60 A.D.The term is an alternative title for the work sometimes called Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) about the Roman civil wars that began in the last third of the second century BC. [2]
A civil war [a] is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. [3]
The Civil War - website with more than 7,000 pages of Civil War content, including the complete run of Harper's Weekly newspapers from the Civil War. The American Civil War - Detailed listing of events, documents, battles, commanders and important people of the US Civil War; Civil War: Death and Destruction - slideshow by Life magazine
This primary is being called a “MAGA civil war,” one that could have a seismic impact on both the Freedom Caucus and the House GOP. It is unclear if a House Freedom Caucus divided amongst ...
In the four years and four months of the Civil War, the Pay Department disbursed $1,029,239,000 of which $541,000 was lost due to embezzlements and other causes, at an expense of $6,429,600. [126] Leadership. When the Civil War began, Colonel Benjamin F. Larned served as Paymaster General but was in poor health. He was temporarily relieved of ...