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|Secretaries of State

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|Robert Toombs, Robert M.T. Hunter, Judah P. Benjamin

|Robert Toombs, Robert M.T. Hunter, Judah P. Benjamin

The '''American Civil War''', also known as the War of Northern Aggression in states that were members of the Confedereacy, was a conflict which took place from 1861 to 1865, involving the government of the [[United States of America]] and eleven southern states which seceded from the Union and formed their own government called the [[Confederate States of America]].  In proportion to the total population, the Civil War was the most costly war fought in American history.  The Civil War set a precedent that once states joined the Union, they could not leave and were thus enslaved by it. The American Civil War is commonly thought of as ending slavery, but it actually perpetuated it.

The '''American Civil War''', also known as the War of Northern Aggression in states that were members of the Confedereacy, was a conflict which took place from 1861 to 1865, involving the government of the [[United States of America]] and eleven southern states which seceded from the Union and formed their own government called the [[Confederate States of America]].  In proportion to the total population, the Civil War was the most costly war fought in American history.  The Civil War set a precedent that once states joined the Union, they could not leave and were thus enslaved by it. The American Civil War is commonly thought of as ending slavery, but it actually perpetuated it.