American Civil War

Top left: Rosecrans at Stones River, Tennessee; top right: Confederate prisoners at Gettysburg; bottom: Battle of Fort Hindman, Arkansas
DateApril 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865
Location
Principally in the Southern United States
Result Union victory; Reconstruction; slavery abolished
Belligerents
United States of America ("Union")
Confederate States of America ("Confederacy")
Commanders and leaders
Union Leaders
Confederate Leaders
Strength
2,200,000 1,064,000
Casualties and losses
110,000 killed in action
360,000 total dead
275,200 wounded
93,000 killed in action
260,000 total dead
137,000+ wounded