The American Civil War

Above: Map of Civil War in America (1861 - 1865)

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a separatist conflict between the United States Federal government (the “Union”) and eleven Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America, led by President Jefferson Davis. The Union, led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, opposed the expansion of slavery and rejected any right of secession. Fighting commenced on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a Federal military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

Above: Massive Death of soldiers during the American Civil War