What is American Civil War?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = American Civil War | partof = | image = American Civil War Montage 2.jpg | caption = Top left: William Rosecrans at [[Battle of Stones River|Stones River]], Tennessee; top right: Confederate prisoners at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]; bottom: [[Battle of Fort Hindman]], Arkansas | date = April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 | place = United States, Atlantic Ocean | result = [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory * The United States of America stays together * [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] * [[Slavery]] [[Abolitionism|abolished]] | combatant1 = {{flagcountry|USA|1865|name=United States of America}} | combatant2 = {{flagcountry|CSA}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|United States|1865}} '''[[Abraham Lincoln]]'''<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Ulysses S. Grant]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[George B. McClellan]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[William T. Sherman]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Winfield Scott]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Henry Halleck]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[George G. Meade]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Joseph Hooker]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Benjamin F. Butler]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Philip Sheridan]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[William Rosecrans]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[George Henry Thomas|George H. Thomas]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[John Pope (military officer)|John Pope]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Edward Canby]]<br /> {{flagicon|United States|1865}} [[Nathaniel P. Banks]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|Confederate States of America}} '''[[Jefferson Davis]]'''<br /> {{flagicon|Confederate States of America|war}} [[Robert E. Lee]]<br /> {{flagicon|Confederate States of America|war}} [[Joseph E. Johnston]]<br /> {{flagicon|Confederate States of America|war}} [[P. G. T. Beauregard]]<br /> {{flagic