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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  Moses M JACOBS (1811, Royalston, Massachusetts, USA - 28 October 1875, Enfield, Massachusetts, USA*)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Jesse Woodson JAMES (5 September 1847, Kearney, Clay, Missouri, USA - 3 April 1882, St Joseph, Missouri, USA)
(Robert Sallee JAMES & Zerelda Elizabeth COLE)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Asa S JOHNSON (20 August 1831, , Delaware, USA - 12 April 1900, Kent, Delaware, USA)
(Azel J JOHNSON & Tabitha P MORRIS)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Benjamin Rush JOHNSON (1824, - 15 August 1869, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Edward JOHNSON (29 April 1815, Portland, Connecticut, USA - 3 November 1872, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Elihu Cowles JOHNSON (1832, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben) - 22 August 1866, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben))
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Joseph Pierce JOHNSON (25 August 1834, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (South Lancaster) - 4 October 1862, Washington, DC, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Richard JOHNSON (1825, , England (United Kingdom) - 5 September 1894, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Robert JOHNSON (22 February 1834, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA - 22 April 1869, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA)
(Andrew JOHNSON & Eliza MCCARDLE)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Whitcomb L JUDSON (7 March 1846, , New York, USA - 7 December 1909, Muskegon, Michigan, USA)
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US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Carl Heinrich "Henry" KAHRE (5 October 1841, Lerbeck, Westfalen, Prussia - 12 June 1916, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John KEATING (1831, - 22 September 1904, Barrington, Rhode Island, USA (West Barrington))
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Arthur Henley KELLER (5 February 1836, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, USA - 29 August 1896, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama, USA)
(David KELLER & Mary Fairfax MOORE)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Alfred Turner KELLEY (March 1844, , Tennessee, USA - 23 December 1918, )
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John KELLOGG (6 January 1826, Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA (Shelburne Falls) - 25 April 1865, , Virginia, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John KELLY (January 1842, , Ireland - 22 April 1921, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   George Ranney KELSEY (25 April 1817, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA - 18 April 1889, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA)
(Zebulon Stocking KELSEY & Sally EDWARDS)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Nathan Snow KEMP (20 January 1816, Pomfret, Vermont, USA (North Pomfret) (Snows Store) - 18 May 1865, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Russel Augustine KEMPTON (10 July 1840, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA - 1 September 1874, Ashland, Massachusetts, USA (Unionville))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Thomas KENNEY (1828, , Ireland - 30 April 1864, Colchester, Connecticut, USA (Westchester))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Joseph Champlin KENYON (7 March 1845, Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut) - 21 August 1904, Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Edwin Ruthven KEYES (4 April 1826, , Connecticut, USA - 12 June 1863, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Charles T KING (1843, - 24 December 1871, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Lewis Henry KINGSBURY (21 April 1829, - 3 May 1876, Needham, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Arnold KUHLMAN (1 November 1832, , Germany (German States) (German Empire) - 15 May 1908, Lower Turkeyfoot, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Jacob Christian KUNCE (23 February 1832, Diemtigen, Bern, Swwitzerland - 1883, Carter Co., Missouri, USA)
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US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Benoni LACHANCE (20 June 1841, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada - 22 January 1919, Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   John Baptiste LADEAU (14 June 1843, Charlotte, Vermont, USA (East, West) (Mt. Philo) - 7 January 1919, Hyde Park, Vermont, USA (Hydepark))
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Joseph Armand LAMBERT (16 September 1842, Highgate, Vermont, USA (Highgate Center) (Highgate Springs) (East Highgate) - 25 March 1933, Highgate, Vermont, USA (Highgate Center) (Highgate Springs) (East Highgate))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Reuben S. LANPHEAR (1829, - 23 December 1902, Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Samuel Washington LARD (25 October 1841, , Alabama, USA - 30 January 1913, Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Louis LARIVIERE (23 January 1829, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) - 02/12/1891, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville))
(Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE & Marguerite BOUVIER)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Henry LAROSE (21 April 1841, , Vermont, USA - 15 November 1930, Monkton, Vermont, USA (Monkton Boro))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Wells LATHROP (25 February 1795, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA - 12 April 1871, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Peleg P LAWTON (13 March 1843, Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point) - 1928, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
(Isaac LAWTON & Melina A SOULE)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John Slaughter LEAR (24 November 1846, Goodwine, Henrico, Virginia, USA - 13 October 1930, Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Harvey N LEIGHTON (14 August 1839, Augusta, Maine, USA - 9 August 1925, Zephyrhills, Florida, USA (Abbot Station))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Thomas Wells LEONARD (3 July 1839, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - 15 July 1863, , Louisiana, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Charles E. LEWIS (1837, Canterbury, Connecticut, USA - 17 September 1862, Canterbury, Connecticut, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William H. LEWIS (1841, - 3 September 1863, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA (South Lyme))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Samuel L'HOMMEDIEU (8 August 1824, Essex, Connecticut, USA (Centerbrook) (Ivoryton) (Potapoug Quarter) - 29 March 1865, Chester, Connecticut, USA)
(Ezra L'HOMMEDIEU & Hannah AYER)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Ebenezer LIBBY (9 May 1822, , Maine, USA - 18 September 1868, Windham, Maine, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Samuel Dean LIBBY (4 March 1795, - 15 April 1866, Unity, Maine, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Clark LILLIBRIDGE (15 November 1837, - 20 October 1861, Willington, Connecticut, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Francis Danielson LINCOLN (13 September 1821, , Massachusetts, USA - 8 May 1901, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))
(Asa LINCOLN & Sarah DANIELSON)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Jeremiah Grover LINSCOTT (1826, - 13 December 1864, York, Maine, USA (Cape Neddick) (York Beach))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Lark Southgate LIVERMORE (12 October 1819, German, Chenango, New York, USA - 7 February 1894, , Iowa, USA)
(Abel LIVERMORE & Deborah SALISBURY)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Micajah LONG (10 March 1846, , North Carolina, USA - 2 December 1907, Orlando, Florida, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Amos W LORD (1842, - 30 November 1862, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA (South Lyme))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Dexter M. LORD (1845, - 26 March 1863, Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA (South Lyme))
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