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| | Civil War Encyclopedia and American Civil War Dictionary of Civil War Facts and Civil War Trivia |
 | | In the United States of America, the American Civil War was fought from 1861-1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as the "Union," the "north," or the "Yankees," and the seceding Southern states, commonly referred to as the Confederate States of America, the "Confederacy," the "south," or the "rebels." |
 | | Although the war was also known in the South as The War Between the States, The War of Northern Aggression, The War of Southern Independence, Mr. |
 | | According to data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the last surviving Union veteran of the conflict, Albert Woolson, died on August 2, 1956 at the age of 109, and the last Confederate veteran, John Salling, died on March 16, 1958 at the age of 112. |
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