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The American Civil War was fought from April 12, 1861 to May 26, 1865 between the Union, the Northern states, and the Confederacy, eleven Southern states that seceded to preserve slavery. Fighting began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery bombarded Fort Sumter in South Carolina, after seven Deep South states responded to Abraham Lincoln's 1860 election by seceding and forming the Confederate States of America under President Jefferson Davis. The war ended in Union victory, the collapse of the Confederacy, and the abolition of slavery, which freed approximately four million African Americans.
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LocationUnited States, Atlantic Ocean 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Lincoln led the Union as president through the war, as commander in chief, not merely a participant.
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1. Wikipedia: American Civil War
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The conflict concluded with Union triumph, the Confederacy's collapse, and the abolition of slavery, which liberated approximately four million African Americans.
1. Wikipedia: American Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (Wikipedia)
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He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.
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