12/24/2007
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The American Civil War
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a war between the United States of America and the of the newly-formed Confederate States of America.
Over 10,000 military engagements took place during the war with 40% of them in Virginia and Tennessee. 
More than 3 million soldiers fought in the conflict in which 625 thousand died.