US Civil War History Made Easy Quiz
Celebrate the Civil War: 150 Year Anniversary
The American
(US) Civil War
(1861-1865), also known as the War Between the States
and several other names, is a civil war in the United States of
America.
Eleven Southern slave states declared their
secession from the United States and formed the Confederate
States of America (the Confederacy). Led by Jefferson
Davis, they fought against the United States (the Union), which
was supported by all the free states and the five border slave
states. Union states were loosely referred to as "the
North".

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