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Civil WarCivil-War.ws is a comprehensive online resource for information on the American Civil War. We are always seeking out new sources of information on the Civil War. To contribute, please contact our team. Introduction to the Civil WarThe American Civil War was fought in the United States of America between the northern states, popularly referred to as the "Union", and the seceding southern states calling themselves the Confederate States of America or the "Confederacy" between 1861 and 1865. The war was and is also known in the South as The War Between the States, The War of Northern Aggression, The War of Southern Independence, or simply as The War. More obscure southern names for the war include The Second American Revolution and The War in Defence of Virginia. Northerners often referred to it as The War of the Rebellion, The War to Save the Union, or The War for Abolition. The states which seceded consisted of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Three 'slave states' did not secede: Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky. Although Kentucky did not secede, it declared itself neutral in the conflict. Delaware and Maryland were garrisoned by Union forces throughout the war to prevent their secession. Missouri's government split, with a Unionist government in the capitol and a secessionist government-in-exile run from Camden, Arkansas and Marshall, Texas. The state of West Virginia was created by the secession from Virginia of its northwestern counties, and added to the Union in 1863. The Union was led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Confederacy by President Jefferson Davis.
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