During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the United States, the twenty-four northern states that were not part of the seceding Confederacy. Since the term had been used prior to the war to refer to the entire United States (a "union of states"), using it to apply to the non-secessionist side carried a connotation of legitimacy as the continuation of the pre-existing political entity. Also, in the public dialogue of the United States, new states are "admitted to the Union" and the President's annual address to Congress and ...

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American Civil War, American Civil War - The Division of the Country, American Civil War - The Union States, American Civil War - The Confederacy, American Civil War - Border States, American Civil War - Origins of the conflict, American Civil War - Economic Interpretations, American Civil War - Failure to Compromise, American Civil War - Southern Nationalism: Psychological nationhood, American Civil War - Slavery as a cause of the War, American Civil War - Southern fears of Modernity, American Civil War - Secession, American Civil War - Narrative summary: 1861 to Ft Sumter, American Civil War - Eastern Theater 1861–1863, American Civil War - Western Theater 1861–1863, American Civil War - Trans-Mississippi Theater 1861–1865, American Civil War - The End of the War 1864–1865, American Civil War - Naval War, American Civil War - Analysis of why the North won, American Civil War - Major land battles, American Civil War - Naval action, American Civil War - Civil War leaders and soldiers, American Civil War - The Question of Slavery, American Civil War - Foreign diplomacy, American Civil War - Aftermath

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As slavery and constitutional questions concerning states' rights were widely viewed as the major causes of the war, the victorious Union government sought to end slavery and to guarantee a perpetual union that could never be broken. During the early part of the war, Lincoln, to hold together his war coalition of Republicans and War Democrats, emphasized preservation of the Union as the sole Union objective of the war. With the Emancipation Proclamation, announced in September 1862 and put into effect four months later, ...

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American Civil War, American Civil War - The Division of the Country, American Civil War - The Union States, American Civil War - The Confederacy, American Civil War - Border States, American Civil War - Origins of the conflict, American Civil War - Economic Interpretations, American Civil War - Failure to Compromise, American Civil War - Southern Nationalism: Psychological nationhood, American Civil War - Slavery as a cause of the War, American Civil War - Southern fears of Modernity, American Civil War - Secession, American Civil War - Narrative summary: 1861 to Ft Sumter, American Civil War - Eastern Theater 1861–1863, American Civil War - Western Theater 1861–1863, American Civil War - Trans-Mississippi Theater 1861–1865, American Civil War - The End of the War 1864–1865, American Civil War - Naval War, American Civil War - Analysis of why the North won, American Civil War - Major land battles, American Civil War - Naval action, American Civil War - Civil War leaders and soldiers, American Civil War - The Question of Slavery, American Civil War - Foreign diplomacy, American Civil War - Aftermath

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KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+ The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-four mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the Union in 1860–1861. The war produced over 970,000 casualties (3.09% of ...

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American Civil War - The division of the country
American Civil War - The Union States American Civil War - The Confederacy
American Civil War - Border States American Civil War - Origins of the conflict American Civil War - Narrative summary
American Civil War - Eastern Theater 1861–1863 American Civil War - Western Theater 1861–1863 American Civil War - Trans-Mississippi Theater 1861–1865 American Civil War - The End of the War 1864–1865
American Civil War - Analysis of the War American Civil War - Major land battles American Civil War - Major naval battles American Civil War - Civil War leaders and soldiers American Civil War - The question of slavery American Civil War - Foreign diplomacy American Civil War - Aftermath American Civil War - Further reading and viewing
American Civil War - Reference Books and Bibliographies American Civil War - Primary Sources American Civil War - Biographies American Civil War - Special Studies American Civil War - Novels about the war American Civil War - Documentaries about the war

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Military history of African Americans is that of African Americans in the United States since the arrival of the first black slaves in 1619 to the present day. African American military history is marked by feats throughout several conflicts in American History; as African American soldiers had fought bravely in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the World Wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the current War in Iraq. Military history of African Americans - Revolutionary War. Including:

Military history of African Americans - Revolutionary War Military history of African Americans - Civil War
Military history of African Americans - African Americans in the Union Military Military history of African Americans - African Americans in the Confederate Military
Military history of African Americans - Indian Wars Military history of African Americans - Spanish American War
Military history of African Americans - Volunteer Army Units
Military history of African Americans - Spanish Civil War Military history of African Americans - World Wars Military history of African Americans - Vietnam War Military history of African Americans - Gulf War Military history of African Americans - 2003 War in Iraq

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The U.S. presidential election of 1864 was conducted during the Civil War, and as such the Confederate states did not participate. The war was taking a heavy toll in terms of lives and resources, and as such incumbent President Abraham Lincoln was seen as vulnerable. The Lincoln/Johnson ticket ran with the slogan "Don't change horses in the middle of a stream," and over time a series of Union victories culminating in the capture of Atlanta, Georgia by forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman restored his popularity. Meanw ...

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U.S. presidential election 1864 - Nominations
U.S. presidential election 1864 - National Union Party nomination U.S. presidential election 1864 - Democratic Party nomination
U.S. presidential election 1864 - General election
U.S. presidential election 1864 - Results

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The Union blockade refers to the naval actions between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War, in which the United States Navy maintained a massive effort on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the Confederate States of America designed to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy. Confederate ships designed to evade the blockade were known as blockade runners, and mostly concentrated on running contraband between Confederate-controlled ports and the ports of Havana, Cuba; Nassau, Bahamas, and Bermuda, where ...

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Union blockade - Proclamation of Blockade and Legal Implications
Union blockade - Recognition of the Confederacy? Union blockade - International legal status of the South
Union blockade - Imposition of the Blockade Union blockade - Effectiveness Union blockade - Major Engagements Union blockade - Squadrons of the Union Blockade
Union blockade - Gulf Blockading Squadron Union blockade - West Gulf Blockading Squadron Union blockade - North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Union blockade - South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Union blockade - Confederate response Union blockade - End of the Blockade

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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. He served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history and most historians rate him the ablest American commander of his time. Over the course of his fifty-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that ...

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Winfield Scott - Early life Winfield Scott - War of 1812 Winfield Scott - Nullification and the Trail of Tears Winfield Scott - Mexican War Winfield Scott - Politics Winfield Scott - Civil War Winfield Scott - Final days

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The Confederate States Navy was the branch of the Confederate States armed forces responsible for naval operations during the American Civil War. Among the major tasks of the Navy was breaking the Union blockade of the Confederacy and protecting southern harbors and coastlines from attack. The Confederate Navy's tasks led it to make innovations in naval warfare in order to make up the disparity in forces with th ...

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Confederate States Navy - External link

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Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Undine. The first Undine was a steamer built in 1863 that served in the American Civil War, first in the Union Navy and later captured by the Confederate States Navy. The second Undine was built in 1893 and served out of the New York Navy Yard until 1910. Category: United States Navy ship names Other related archivesUndine,

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The U.S. presidential election of 1860 is widely considered to be a realigning election. The nation had been divided through most of the 1850s on the issue of slavery, with Northerners and Southerners disagreeing over whether or not it should be expanded to the territories, and fighting for each new state admitted to the Union. In 1860, this issue finally came to a head, bringing Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party to power, while it ...

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U.S. presidential election 1860 - Background U.S. presidential election 1860 - Nominations
U.S. presidential election 1860 - Constitutional Union Party nomination U.S. presidential election 1860 - Democratic Party nominations U.S. presidential election 1860 - Republican Party nomination
U.S. presidential election 1860 - General election
U.S. presidential election 1860 - Campaign U.S. presidential election 1860 - Results
U.S. presidential election 1860 - Consequences U.S. presidential election 1860 - Results by state

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William Alexis Stone (18 April 1846 – 1 March 1820) was governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903. In 1864, Stone enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War and continued his military service after the war in the Pennsylvania National Guard. He attended Mansfield State Normal School and taught while studying law. In 1872, he was appointed as a clerk for the state House of Representative and was later appointed district attorney for western Pennsylvania by President Rutherford B. Hayes. He held that post until 1886 whe

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Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson presided over the Reconstruction of the United States following the American Civil War, and his conciliatory policies towards the defeated rebels and his vetoes of civil rights bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with the Congressional Republicans, leading the House of Representatives to i ...

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Andrew Johnson - Early life Andrew Johnson - Early political career Andrew Johnson - Political ascension Andrew Johnson - Presidency
Andrew Johnson - Cabinet Andrew Johnson - Impeachment Andrew Johnson - States Admitted to the Union
Andrew Johnson - Post-Presidency

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. Lincoln staunchly opposed the expansion of slavery into federal territories, and his victory in the 1860 presidential election further polarized an already divided nation. Before his inauguration in March of 1861, seven southern slave st ...

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Abraham Lincoln - Early life Abraham Lincoln - Early career Abraham Lincoln - Marriage Abraham Lincoln - Illinois politics Abraham Lincoln - Prairie Lawyer Abraham Lincoln - Republican Politics 1854-1860 Abraham Lincoln - Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln - Secession winter 1860-61 Abraham Lincoln - War begins: 1861-62 Abraham Lincoln - Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln - Important domestic measures of Lincoln's first term Abraham Lincoln - 1864 election and second inauguration Abraham Lincoln - Civil War and reconstruction Abraham Lincoln - Conducting the war effort Abraham Lincoln - Homefront Abraham Lincoln - Reconstruction Abraham Lincoln - Assassination Abraham Lincoln - Legacy and memorials Abraham Lincoln - Trivia Abraham Lincoln - Presidential appointments
Abraham Lincoln - Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln - Major presidential acts Abraham Lincoln - States admitted to the Union Abraham Lincoln - Scholarly secondary sources: Biographies Abraham Lincoln - Scholarly Secondary Sources: Specialty topics Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln in art and popular culture Abraham Lincoln - Primary Sources Abraham Lincoln - Neoconfederate Criticisms of Lincoln Abraham Lincoln - Documents at Project Gutenberg

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The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac. The name Army of Northern Virginia referred to its primary area of operation, as did most Confederate States Army names. The Army originated as the (Confederate) Army of the Potomac, which had been combined with the Army of the Shenandoah, and was renamed Army of Northern Virginia on March 14, 1862Including:

Army of Northern Virginia - Command structure Army of Northern Virginia - Campaigns and battles Army of Northern Virginia - Characteristics Army of Northern Virginia - Notes

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Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was a career U.S. Army officer and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Braxton Bragg - Early life and military career. Bragg was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, the brother of future Confederate Attorney General Thomas Bragg and the future brother-in-law of Union general Don Carlos Buell. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1837 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery. Br ...

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Braxton Bragg - Early life and military career Braxton Bragg - Civil War
Braxton Bragg - Shiloh and Corinth Braxton Bragg - Kentucky Braxton Bragg - Tennessee Braxton Bragg - Final days
Braxton Bragg - Postbellum Braxton Bragg - In memoriam

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Jay Rockefeller (D) West Virginia, known as The Mountain State, is a state of the United States. West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and was admitted to the Union as a separate state on June 20, 1863. The Census Bureau considers West Virginia part of the South because of its location below the Mason-Dixon Line, while the USGS designates it as a Mid-Atlantic state. Many in the state's Northern Panhandle, with the nothernmost point of the state about the same latitude as ...

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West Virginia - Information about West Virginia West Virginia - Geography West Virginia - Demographics

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From the 1870s to the early 20th Century, African units were utilized by the United States Government to combat the Native Americans during the Indian Wars. Perhaps the most noted among this group were the Buffalo Soldiers. At the end of the U.S. Civil War the army reorganized and authorized the formation of two regiments of black cavalry with the designations 9th and 10th U. S. Cavalry. Two regiments of infantry were formed at the same time. These units were composed of black enlisted men commanded by white officers such as Benjamin Grierson, and ...

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Military history of African Americans, Military history of African Americans - Revolutionary War, Military history of African Americans - Civil War, Military history of African Americans - African Americans in the Union Military, Military history of African Americans - African Americans in the Confederate Military, Military history of African Americans - Indian Wars, Military history of African Americans - Spanish American War, Military history of African Americans - Volunteer Army Units, Military history of African Americans - Spanish Civil War, Military history of African Americans - World Wars, Military history of African Americans - Vietnam War, Military history of African Americans - Gulf War, Military history of African Americans - 2003 War in Iraq

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Last surviving United States war veterans - Last Surviving American Veteran of American Revolutionary War Candidates. Lemuel Cook (1759-1866) John Gray (1764-1868) Daniel F. Bakeman (1759-1869) George Fruits (1762? or 1779-1876) According to data from the Daughters of the American Revolution, George Fruits died in 1876 at the age of 114. However, Fruits was never on a pension roll. Fruits' birthdate was more likely 1779 than 1762, as indicated in recent studies. The last surviving veteran ...

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Last surviving United States war veterans, Last surviving United States war veterans - United States Last Veterans, Last surviving United States war veterans - Last Surviving American Veteran of American Revolutionary War Candidates, Last surviving United States war veterans - Last Surviving US Veteran of War of 1812, Last surviving United States war veterans - Last Surviving US Veteran of Mexican-American War, Last surviving United States war veterans - Last Surviving Union Veteran of American Civil War, Last surviving United States war veterans - Last Surviving Confederate Veteran of American Civil War Candidates, Last surviving United States war veterans - Last Surviving US Veteran of Spanish-American War Candidates

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Ulysses S. Grant - Mexican War. Grant served in the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, taking part in the battles of Resaca de la Palma, Palo Alto, Monterrey, and Veracruz. He was twice brevetted for bravery: at Molino del Rey and Chapultepec. Ulysses S. Grant - Between the Wars. After the Mexican war ended in 1848, Grant remained in the army and was moved to several different posts. He was sent to Fort Vancouver in the Washingt ...

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Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses S. Grant - Birth and early years, Ulysses S. Grant - Military career, Ulysses S. Grant - Mexican War, Ulysses S. Grant - Between the Wars, Ulysses S. Grant - Western Theater of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant - General-in-Chief and strategy for victory, Ulysses S. Grant - Overland Campaign Petersburg and Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant - Presidency, Ulysses S. Grant - Cabinet, Ulysses S. Grant - Supreme Court appointments, Ulysses S. Grant - States admitted to the Union, Ulysses S. Grant - Later life, Ulysses S. Grant - Timeline, Ulysses S. Grant - Legacy, Ulysses S. Grant - Anti-Semitism, Ulysses S. Grant - In memoriam, Ulysses S. Grant - Trivia, Ulysses S. Grant - Notes

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