April 12, 1861 southern troops began the first shots of the war in Charleston harbor of Ft. Sumter.
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The US military draft began in the US Civil War (1861-1865).
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the northern states and southern states in the eastern us.
Virginia.
As might be expected, the Union had a number of officers with the rank of general in the US Civil War. At the end of the war, however, US Grant was in charge of the Union's fighting forces.
The civil war was different because in the civil war it was northern America fighting southern America. in other wars it was all of America fighting a different country. They were fighting because the South (or the Confederates) wanted to keep slavery in the US. The North ( or the union) was fighting to abolish slavery in the US. Of course, the North won.
Anytime a nation is fighting itself (normally WITHOUT outside help) it is generally considered a civil war. The US Civil War (1861-1865) was also called the US War of Rebellion. Which is why the Southerners in the US Civil War were called "Rebels."
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For the most part there were no major battles fought in Kansas during the US Civil War.