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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  Benjamin PARKS (15 August 1847, Seven Springs, North Carolina, USA - 27 September 1925, Stuart, Florida, USA (Potsdam))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  John PARTRIDGE (29 February 1824, Canaan, Connecticut, USA (Falls Village) - 10 August 1874, Barkhamsted, Connecticut, USA (Riverton))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  George PASHLEY (28 May 1831, - 2 December 1904, North Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  William R. PAYNE (1832, - 20 February 1865, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Elijah C PEARL (1841, , Connecticut, USA - 8 December 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Edgar A. PECK (1829, , Connecticut, USA - 1870, Derby, Connecticut, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Isaac PECK (11 October 1824, , Rhode Island, USA - 29 December 1875, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  James PENDERGAST (1845, , County Cork, Ireland - 29 June 1895, , Kansas, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Richard PERKINS (1835, New Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (New Marlboro) - 25 June 1865, Winchester, Virginia, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Frederick A. PERRY (1841, Wareham, Massachusetts, USA (Onset) (West Wareham) (Weweantic) - 30 November 1878, Somerset, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Samuel Edwin PERRY (1847, - 8 February 1871, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Benjamin PETTIS (27 April 1820, , Massachusetts, USA - 22 July 1868, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA (Ocean Grove))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Clinton PHILLIBER (April 1839, , Indiana, USA - 27 August 1912, , California, USA)
(William PHILLIBER & Phebe UNKNOWN)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  James R PIKE (14 October 1840, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA - 9 June 1919, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, USA)
(Levi E PIKE & Olive B POTTER)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Enoch Loveitt PILLSBURY (1 June 1847, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA - 10 January 1929, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Henry Clay PLUMB (8 March 1831, Halifax, Vermont, USA - 20 April 1862, New Bern, North Carolina, USA (Newbern))
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Isaac PLUMB (10 June 1842, Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, USA - 7 July 1864, Washington, DC, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   Albert Augustus POPE (20 May 1843, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - 10 August 1909, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Andrew Joseph PORTER (1809, , Virginia, USA - 24 January 1865, Camp Morton, Indiana, USA)
(James Lindsay PORTER & Jeanne Small KIRBY)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Elisha E POTTER (1842, , Rhode Island, USA - 3 May 1863, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate))
US Civil War Soldiers  photo of ancestor   John POTTER (1838, - 27 October 1915, West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Arctic) (Natick) (Phenix) (Crompton))
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Peter Charles POWELL (1822, St. Lawrence County New York, USA - 11 August 1882, Millington Tuscola County Michigan, USA)
(Miles 2Nd POWELL & Polly STEARNS)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Rufus POWELL (22 Sept. 1822, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA - 22 Sept. 1892, Birch Run/Saginaw, Michigan, USA)
(Miles 2Nd POWELL & Polly STEARNS)
US Civil War Soldiers  male ancestor  Solomon M. POWELL (30 January 1818, , New York, USA - 17 April 1910, Montrose Genesee County Michigan, USA)
(Miles 2Nd POWELL & Polly STEARNS)
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 - 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)
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 Jan. 1846, , Mississippi, USA - 5 Dec. 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)
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