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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  John Baptiste Nezem LORIO (31 October 1834, St John the Baptist, Louisiana, USA - 11 May 1911, White Castle, Iberville, Louisiana, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Frank LOWELL (24 October 1844, Farmingdale, Maine, USA - 24 June 1924, Chelsea, Maine, USA (Togus))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Calvin LUTHER (1823, - 4 March 1875, Johnston, Rhode Island, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Michael Robert LUTTRELL (1847, Hardeman County, Tennessee, USA - , )
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Daniel E. LYMAN (1844, - 2 November 1862, Alexandria, Virginia, USA)
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US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Theodore Dwight Weld MANCHESTER (18 October 1840, Cayuga County, New York, USA - 1916, Racine, Wisconsin, USA)
(James T MANCHESTER & Lucy Ann THORNTON)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Edward W. MANLEY (1843, Pelham, Massachusetts, USA - 21 February 1863, Washington, North Carolina, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Henry Hatch MANNING (17 May 1844, Warwick, Massachusetts, USA - 4 September 1868, Warwick, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William G. MANTER (March 1829, Wayne, Maine, USA - 13 February 1863, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Providence))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Waldo Barrett MAYNARD (16 March 1838, Northborough, Massachusetts, USA (Northboro) - 24 September 1862, Keedysville, Washington County, Maryland, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Alamando MCBRIDE (1835, , Massachusetts, USA - 18 October 1869, Glocester, Rhode Island, USA (West Glocester) (Chepachet) (Harmony))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Thomas Mitchell MCCLURE (14 September 1840, Murray County, Georgia, USA - 11 March 1916, Alto, Cherokee, Texas, USA)
(Joseph A MCCLURE & Patience Elizabeth MCCLAIN)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William O. MCCONKEY (30 March 1849, , Ohio, USA - 8 July 1878, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William MCCOY (March 18, 1828, Spencer County, Indiana, USA - November 18, 1899, Wayne, Illinois, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Robert MCCUE (1824, , Ireland - 9 November 1878, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Johnson MCDOWELL (31 August 1824, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora) - 10 July 1886, Auburn, New York, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  George Washington MCELWAIN (1783, Middlefield, Massachusetts, USA - 18 July 1861, Hinsdale, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Richard L. MCINTOSH (March 17, 1817, Albany County, New York, USA - April 1, 1865, Albany, New York, USA (Fort Orange))
(Henry MCINTOSH & Elizabeth SIMONS)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Patrick MCMAHON (10 March 1840, , Ireland - 15 October 1880, Ware, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John Lewis MCSWEENEY (15 March 1818, Boherbue, County Cork, Ireland - 11 May 1890, Newfoundland, Elliott, Kentucky, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Jacob MESSIER (10 November 1841, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada - 3 September 1929, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, USA)
(Louis MESSIER & Thecle DEMERS)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Benjamin F. MILLER (1837, - 25 November 1867, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA (Pawtuxet) (Fiskeville) (Mashantatack) (Howard))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Daniel MILLER (2 May 1844, , Ohio, USA - 23 May 1906, Tucson, Arizona, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Frank H. MILLER (1835, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben) - 15 June 1863, New Bern, North Carolina, USA (Newbern))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Fred H. MILLER (28 December 1842, , Germany (German States) (German Empire) - 28 November 1912, Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Ozro MILLER (27 December 1827, Dummerston, Vermont, USA - 15 July 1862, Richmond, Virginia, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  James MILLIMAN (21 April 1819, , New York, USA - 1897, )
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  James MITCHELL (1820, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 19 August 1863, Medway, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William H. MOORE (1825, - 29 May 1863, Brashear City, Louisiana, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  George MORGAN (1843, - 12 June 1868, Oberlin, Ohio, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John MORGAN (1825, - 6 March 1863, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Amos MORRIS (1830, , Connecticut, USA - 12 November 1862, St Louis, Missouri, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Theodore MORRIS (1839, , Connecticut, USA - 12 July 1862, , South Carolina, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William B MORRISON (25 March 1835, , New York, USA - 1900, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Charles H. MOSHER (12 March 1844, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - 12 September 1864, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Edgar W MOSHER (13 May 1834, Monroe, New York, USA - 26 March 1903, McLouth, Kansas, USA)
(Ira S MOSHER & Louisa PEASE)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Gideon Jr. MOSHER (20 September 1810, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - 7 June 1875, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Rensselaer Seneca MOSHER (25 January 1817, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA - 29 November 1893, Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA)
(David MOSHER & Betsey LEE?)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Benjamin M MOULTON (3 July 1845, Moultonsville, Illinois, USA - 9 July 1907, Lima, Allen, Ohio, USA)
(Orris G MOULTON & Nancy MILLER)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Caleb Burbank MOULTON (16 August 1823, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro) - 7 December 1879, , Maine, USA)
(Reuben Seavey MOULTON & Miranda HARMON)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Charles William MOULTON (16 December 1830, Richfield, Ohio, USA - , )
(Dan Alonzo MOULTON & Adaline WALLACE)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Clarence Freeman MOULTON (11 March 1837, Randolph, Vermont, USA (Center, East, North, South) - , )
(Horace MOULTON & Lucy Patch SMITH)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   George Edwin MOULTON (7 November 1839, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, USA (Dover) (Foxcroft) - 25 July 1907, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island))
(Joseph MOULTON & Abigail Goodwin BEAL)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  George Stillman MOULTON (4 May 1834, Randolph, Vermont, USA (Center, East, North, South) - 4 December 1900, Randolph, Vermont, USA (Center, East, North, South))
(Stillman MOULTON & Lavinia FORD)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Henry MOULTON (1850, - 19 October 1872, Monson, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Horatio Francis MOULTON (24 January 1848, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA - 13 September 1911, Los Angeles, California, USA)
(John Carroll MOULTON & Nellie Bean SENTER)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Jacob Harrison MOULTON (13 March 1836, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA (Hampton Beach) - 2 August 1905, Bowdoinham, Maine, USA)
(David MOULTON & Miriam LAMPREY)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   John MOULTON (28 August 1835, Parsonsfield, Maine, USA (Kezar Falls) - 18 May 1920, Asheville, North Carolina, USA)
(John MOULTON & Jane COFFIN)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John Henry MOULTON (23 January 1843, Brunswick, Ohio, USA - , )
(Dan Alonzo MOULTON & Adaline WALLACE)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Jonathan Tuck MOULTON (28 June 1838, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA (Hampton Beach) - 20 December 1869, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA (Hampton Beach))
(David MOULTON & Miriam LAMPREY)
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