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Conflict Americas

American Civil War

1861 CE – 1865 CE · 4 years

The bloodiest conflict in American history — 620,000 dead in a war that decided whether the United States would remain one nation and whether millions would remain enslaved.

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American Civil War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Union (North)
  • Confederacy (South)

Key moments

Defining events in the American Civil War.

  1. 1863 Gettysburg
  2. 1862 Antietam
  3. 1863 Vicksburg
  4. 1865 Appomattox

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

War of the Triple Alliance

1864 CE – 1870 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine Civil Wars

1814 CE – 1880 CE

Landmark · Americas

Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Argentina

Founded 1816 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1861 CE and 1865 CE.

1861 CE French Intervention in Mexico 1861 CE Battle of Bull Run 1862 CE Battle of Shiloh 1862 CE Battle of Antietam 1862 CE Battle of Fredericksburg

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Kingdom of Sardinia Polity · Europe 1324 CE – 1861 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Taiping Rebellion Conflict · East Asia 1851 CE – 1864 CE Henry Ford Figure · United States 1863 CE – 1947 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing
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