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A brief overview of the american civil war american battlefield trust. Tell us about a book you would like to see published by osprey. I wish this cruel war was over ellen aldens discovery of her greatgreat grandfathers letters inspired her to write a novel about his role in conflict. Matthew gallman is a professor of history at the university of florida. Eleven southern slave states declared their secession from the united states and formed the confederate states of america, also known as the confederacy. From among tens of thousands of civil war objects in the. In 1861, the northern and southern us states went to war with each other. The wars terrible bloodshed left a heritage of grief and bitterness. How did slavery and other issues of the day lead to the civil war. The costliest war in terms of human lives, the american civil war claimed in excess of 620,000 battle or diseaserelated deaths roughly two percent of the countrys total population, and nearly more deaths than all other american wars combined. The war s terrible bloodshed left a heritage of grief and bitterness.
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