Civil war in America, which took place from April 1861 to April 1865. The warring parties were the United States of America in the North (proclaimed on July 4, 1776) and the Confederate States of America in the South (a regime established in 1861–1865 as a result of the American Civil War). The war ended in victory for the North. What began as a war to preserve the unity of the nation evolved into a war to free the black slaves…
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