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The Civil War
The South Breaks Away. In 1861, many of the southern states broke from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Their President was Jefferson Davis, former American Secretary of War. Almost immediately, a bloody civil war erupted. Though vastly outnumbered in men, money and industrial capacity, the South (the "Confederacy"), under the military leadership of men like General Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson, was able to hold off the northern armies for four years, during which 620,000 Americans died fighting each other. The North (the "Union") eventually got the upper hand, defeated the South, and imposed severe peace terms upon it. Next Section: A Lasting American Tragedy Land, History and Language: Chapter Home
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