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The American Civil War, arguably the most traumatic event in the history of the United States, was fought from 1861 to 1865, and was the culmination of sectional issues which deeply divided the country between a pro-Federal government North and a pro-states rights, in the pro-slavery South, whose eleven states formed a breakaway government called the Confederate States of America. The costliest war in terms of human lives, the American Civil War claimed in excess of 620,000 battle or disease-related deaths - roughly two percent of the country's total population, and nearly more deaths than all other American wars combined.

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Komen vs. Planned Parenthood

Civil War Inspired Folk Art

The South Was Right

Interesting letter from former slave to former master

Not many blacks study the war

New member- great read - what was the war actually over thread!!!

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The War of Northern Aggression....

Grant vs Lee - Perception or Deception

What was the war actually over?

GRAPHIC Antietam fence line

I took my first steps today

european musket in the civil war?

Short's Goldenrod, very rare species

Proposed Invasion of Charleston harbor by the North

Was slavery the only reason of the war?

A Southern point of view

I just discovered 'HLN'

Horses of the ACW

Eastern theartre...J.E.B. or Forrest?

Too many bonnets!

Southern Accents during the War

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Favorite songs...continued

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