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American Civil War
Top left: Rosecrans at Stones River, Tennessee; top right: Confederate prisoners at Gettysburg; bottom: Battle of Fort Hindman, Arkansas
Date April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865
Location Principally in the Southern United States
Result Union victory; Reconstruction; slavery abolished
Belligerents
United States of America ("Union")
Confederate States of America ("Confederacy")
Commanders
Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis,
Robert E. Lee
Strength
2,200,000 1,064,000
Casualties and losses
110,000 killed in action,
360,000 total dead,
275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action,
258,000 total dead,
137,000+ wounded
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American Civil War
Union blockade – Eastern – Western –......
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