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U.S. Civil War


The U.S. Civil War, also known as the American Civil War, took place from 1861 to 1865. It was a conflict between the Northern states, known as the Union, and the Southern states, known as the Confederacy. The primary cause of the war was the disagreement over issues like slavery, states' rights, and economic differences between the North and South.

The war resulted in significant loss of life and had a profound impact on the nation. The Union, led by President Abraham Lincoln, ultimately emerged victorious. The war led to the abolition of slavery with the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and it further solidified the federal government's authority over the states.

The aftermath of the Civil War brought about a period of reconstruction, during which efforts were made to rebuild the South and integrate formerly enslaved individuals into society. The war's legacy continues to shape American society, politics, and culture, and it remains a significant chapter in U.S. history.

Top 5 Causes of the US Civil War:
1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South.
2. States versus federal rights.
3. The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.
4. Growth of the Abolition Movement.
5. The election of Abraham Lincoln.
For more information, visit: americanhistory.about.com/ od/ civilwarmenu/ a/ cause_civil_war.htm


Fort Clinch, Fernandina Beach, Florida - Home to Union troops, March of 1862 - 1869










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US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Andrew Thomas PRATT (27 May 1840, - 22 June 1864, Petersburg, Virginia, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Horatio PRATT (19 February 1832, Guilford, Vermont, USA (Center, West) (Algiers) (Green River) - 13 May 1876, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Alfred PRAY (14 January 1838, - 9 March 1912, Barrington, Rhode Island, USA (West Barrington))
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   William Fayette PRAY (10 April 1844, Marshall, Oneida, New York, USA - 7 November 1913, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Otis J PRESCOTT (November 1829, Rumney, New Hampshire, USA - 9 May 1910, Epping, New Hampshire, USA (West) (Camp Hedding))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Jonathan PRESTON (1 March 1833, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA - 14 October 1874, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William Anderson PRESTRIDGE (29 January 1846, , Mississippi, USA - 5 December 1889, , Mississippi, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Charles PROVOST (October 1850, , Vermont, USA - 1 August 1921, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville))
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Samuel L PULLEN (17 March 1844, , Pennsylvania, USA - 24 February 1926, Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA)
(Samuel Montgomery PULLEN & Martha Jane TALBERT MARVEL)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Theodore PULLEN (1839, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA - 19 September 1877, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
(Samuel Montgomery PULLEN & Martha Jane TALBERT MARVEL)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   William Dean PULLEN (26 December 1836, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA - 28 June 1906, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA)
(Samuel Montgomery PULLEN & Martha Jane TALBERT MARVEL)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Loring Oliver PUSHARD (15 September 1842, Phippsburg, Maine, USA - 24 January 1907, Gardiner, Maine, USA)
(Hartley PUSHARD & Mary Ann OLIVER)
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US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Richard RAMSDELL (15 July 1815, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA - 2 October 1870, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Arabut Ludlow RANDALL (2 August 1846, Durand, Winnebago, Illinois, USA - 18 October 1927, Little Elk Township, Todd, Minnesota, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Olney RATHBUN (26 May 1799, Foster, Rhode Island, USA (North Foster) - 13 October 1880, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  David Egbert READ (25 February 1844, - 11 March 1862, Fort Hatteras, North Carolina, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Asa Acey REED (1835, Ripley, Ohio, USA (Staunton) - 11/22/1915, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
(Thomas John REED & Emily SHAW)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Friederich Robert REINHARDT (8 April 1841, , Germany (German States) (German Empire) - 21 August 1864, Charleston, West Virginia, USA)
(William REINHARDT & Elenore REICHMANN)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Jean Baptiste "John" RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCKWOOD) (5 August 1843, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) - 22 March 1903, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton))
(Pierre-"Peter" RENAUD dit LOCAS (LOCKWOOD) & Marie PAUL HUS)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Ashley Hiram RICHARDS (25 May 1843, Hinsdale, Massachusetts, USA - 30 September 1869, Dalton, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Owen RILEY (1815, , Ireland - 29 December 1891, Hudson, New York, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Albert RINALDI (16 June 1841, , North Carolina, USA - 26 December 1910, Orlando, Florida, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Isaac Martin ROBB (ROBIDOUX) (20 January 1847, Champlain, New York, USA - 6 November 1926, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Albert W. ROBBINS (5 February 1839, Littleton, Massachusetts, USA - 6 November 1886, Littleton, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  George W. ROBERTSON (1824, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro) - 19 September 1871, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William Henry ROBERTSON (1829, Nottoway, Virginia, USA - 5 June 1873, Farmville, Virginia, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Albert E. ROBINSON (1832, - 26 March 1865, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Theodore W. ROBINSON (July 1844, - 29 August 1873, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Henry C. ROGERS (1838, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA (Goodspeed's Landing) (Moodus) (Leesville) (Hadlyme) - 20 March 1864, Colchester, Connecticut, USA (Westchester))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William Cass ROGERS (15 August 1845, Mazon, Illinois, USA - 3 June 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
(William Kelso RODGERS & Sarah CASSIDY)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Seldon H. ROSEBROOK (1837, - 17 December 1864, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Amos ROWE (October 1845, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay) - 21 August 1907, Williston, Vermont, USA)
(Pierre (Peter) TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) & Betsie (Betsey) (Elizabeth) CROSS (LACROIX) (COUVILLON))
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US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Albert S SALISBURY (27 June 1829, , New York, USA - 11 April 1913, Peoria, Illinois, USA)
(Cummings (Benjamin) SALISBURY & Harriet SMITH)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Benjamin Franklin SALISBURY (6 February 1832, Hancock, Maine, USA - 22 May 1908, Yountville, Napa County, California, USA)
(Benjamin SALISBURY & Clarissa GOGGINS)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Daniel Joshua SALISBURY (9 September 1847, New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, USA - 23 April 1914, Syracuse, New York, USA)
(Daniel Eastwood SALISBURY & Apphia KEACH)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  David SALISBURY (17 January 1799, Ballston Spa, New York, USA (Ballston) (Milton) - 16 October 1892, Auburn, New York, USA)
(Cummings (Benjamin) SALISBURY & Elizabeth MOSHER)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Don Carlos SALISBURY (25 October 1841, Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois, USA - 6 April 1919, Ferris, Hancock County, Illinois, USA)
(Wilkins Jenkins SALISBURY & Katherine SMITH)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   George Washington SALISBURY (11 July 1836, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora) - 18 September 1915, Auburn, New York, USA)
(David SALISBURY & Maria WOOD)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  James W SALISBURY (November 1825, , New York, USA - January 1904, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)
(Cummings (Benjamin) SALISBURY & Harriet SMITH)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Tobias SALISBURY (1813, Albany County, New York, USA - 27 July 1888, Ballston Spa, New York, USA (Ballston) (Milton))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Abraham SARGENT (18 March 1840, Ellsworth, Maine, USA - 4 November 1909, Ellsworth, Maine, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  George Perry SARGENT (28 February 1843 , Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA - 11 April 1912, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA)
(John SARGENT & Sarah Cummings WELCH)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William Bryon SARGENT (6 May 1823, Canton, Massachusetts, USA - 21 September 1876, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John SARSFIELD (1828, - 13 January 1876, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John Durgin SAWYER (1 June 1838, Gray, Maine, USA - 19 December 1917, Gray, Maine, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Lewis J. SAWYER (1839, - 24 August 1864, Washington, DC, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Benjamin F SEARLES (20 June 1839, Fort Ann, Washington, New York, USA - 8 December 1869, Easton, New York, USA)
(Abraham SEARLES (SEARLS) & Hannah VAUGHAN)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  George SEARS (12 March 1823, Camillus, Onondaga County, New York, USA - 8 November 1866, Danbury, Connecticut, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  James Franklin SEAY (June 1829, , Virginia, USA - 22 November 1862, Farmville, Virginia, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Benjamin Van Wormer SEVERSON (28 March 1826, Schoharie, New York, USA - 4 August 1883, Maple Valley, Buena Vista, Iowa, USA)
(John (Johannis) SEVERSON & Margaret VAN WORMER)
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