American Civil War

The American Civil War, sometimes called the War for the Union by the Union, and the War of Northern Aggresion by the Confederates, was a war between United Statesball and Confederate Statesball.
== HistoryCategory:Events ==
=== Antebellum (Before The War) ===
During the years leading up to the American Civil War manifest destiny was in its golden age, there had been a rapid expansion of the Louisiana purchase and the annexation of Texasball and a lot of Mexicoball clay. The economy of the Southern states was heavily based on agriculture mostly performed by free 2ball farmers and have received a stigma that they were all slave owning plantation owners because of singular large slave owning plantations and it was disputed over if these new territories would become slave states or not.
=== The Election of 1860 ===
 Abraham Lincoln ran on the platform of endorsing the Homestead Act and hold no strong opinions on slavery, despite war propaganda and post-war propaganda. His actions and records did demonstrate he believed very much in merit as appose to heraldic beliefs of the day. However late into his campaign he changed his platform to include hundreds of pro-south proposals, as he wanted to keep the dissolving union and the south succeeding from United Statesball. 
=== The Civil War ===
The war started when Confederate Statesball attacked Fort Sumter and so Lincoln call upon thousands of soldier to invade the Confederate Statesball, as United Statesball refused to see them as a legitimate nationball. The war flipped back and forth, with Confederate Statesball's strong conviction, guerrilla tactics, and a larger percent veteran and militant population, including superior generals keeping the north from simply overwhelming the south, and the northerner's numbers and resources keeping the south from making a successful offensive. The war ended with  United Statesball's victory because of his superior military numbers, industry, and technology.
During the first years of the war the south won most of the battles and even was able to get territory in the border states due to superior military tactics, however after the battle of Gettysburg the north turned the tides of the war because they started using total war tactics (not related with the video game series 'Total War').
=== After the War ===
After the Civil War,  United Statesball banned slavery and freed enslaved 8balls, 7balls and 3balls as well as having recognized Liberiaball's independence. He then bought  Alaskaball from Russiaball in 1867, and was thus considered a energetic countryball with strong army and economic growth system after the American Civil War in the late 1860's and early 1870s. Confederate Statesball's states then came back into United Statesball clay under Reconstruction. 
==Combatants==
=== Union ===
* United States of Americaball
==== Free States ====
* Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniaball
* Commonwealth of Massachusettsball
* New Hampshireball
* Connecticutball
* State of Rhode Islandball
* Vermontball
* State of New Yorkball
* State of Ohiorawr
* State of New Jersey
* State of Indianaball
* State of Illinoisball
* State of Maineball
* Michigancube
* State of Iowaball
* Wisconsinball
* Californiaball
* Minnesotaball
* Oregonball
* Kansasball
* Nevadaball (from 1864)
==== Free Territories ====
* Territory of Utahball
* Territory of Washingtonball
* Territory of Nebraskaball
* Territory of Coloradoball
* Territory of Dakotaball
* Territory of Nevadaball (Until 1864)
* Territory of Idahoball (From 1863)
* Territory of Montanaball (From 1864)
==== Border States ====
* Delawareball
* Marylandball
* Missouriball
* Commonwealth of Kentuckyball
* West Virginiaball (from 1863)
==== Border Territories ====
* District of Columbiaball
* Territory of New Mexicoball
* Territory of Arizoniaball (From 1863)
==== Native American Allies ====
* Seminole Nationball of Oklahomaball
* Creek Nationball
=== Confederacy ===
* Confederate States of Americaball
==== Slave Statesball ====
* Alabamaball
* Georgiaball
* Louisianaball
* Texasball
* Mississippiball
* South Carolinaball
* Floridaball
* Virginiaball
* Arkansasball
* North Carolinaball
* Tennesseeball
* Missouriball (Until 1862)
* Kentuckyball (Until 1862)
==== Slave Territory ====
* Arizona Territoryball
==== Native American Allies ====
* Cherokee Nationball
* Choctaw Republicball
* Chickasaw Nationball
* Comanche and Apache Nationball
==Gallery ==
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