<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> American Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise from top : Battle of Gettysburg , Union Captain John Tidball 's artillery , Confederate prisoners , ironclad USS Atlanta , ruins of Richmond , Virginia , Battle of Franklin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 12 , 1861 -- May 9 , 1865 ( 4 years , 3 weeks and 6 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Southern United States , Northeastern United States , Western United States , Atlantic Ocean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Union victory : </P> <Ul> <Li> Dissolution of the Confederate States </Li> <Li> U.S. territorial integrity preserved </Li> <Li> Slavery abolished </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Reconstruction Era </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Confederate States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant William T. Sherman David Farragut George B. McClellan Henry Halleck George Meade </P> and others ... </Td> <Td> <P> Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee J.E. Johnston G.T. Beauregard A.S. Johnston † Braxton Bragg </P> and others ... </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2,200,000 : </P> <Ul> <Li> Union Army </Li> <Li> Union Marines </Li> <Li> Union Navy </Li> <Li> Revenue Service </Li> </Ul> 698,000 ( peak ) </Td> <Td> <P> 750,000 -- 1,000,000 : </P> <Ul> <Li> Confederate Army </Li> <Li> Confederate Marines </Li> <Li> Confederate Navy </Li> </Ul> 360,000 ( peak ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 110,000 + killed in action / died of wounds 230,000 + accident / disease deaths 25,000 -- 30,000 died in Confederate prisons </P> <P> 365,000 + total dead 282,000 + wounded 181,193 captured </P> Total : 828,000 + casualties </Td> <Td> <P> 94,000 + killed in action / died of wounds 26,000 -- 31,000 died in Union prisons </P> <P> 290,000 + total dead 137,000 + wounded 436,658 captured </P> Total : 864,000 + casualties </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 50,000 free civilians dead 80,000 + slaves dead Total : 785,000 -- 1,000,000 + dead </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> American Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise from top : Battle of Gettysburg , Union Captain John Tidball 's artillery , Confederate prisoners , ironclad USS Atlanta , ruins of Richmond , Virginia , Battle of Franklin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 12 , 1861 -- May 9 , 1865 ( 4 years , 3 weeks and 6 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Southern United States , Northeastern United States , Western United States , Atlantic Ocean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Union victory : </P> <Ul> <Li> Dissolution of the Confederate States </Li> <Li> U.S. territorial integrity preserved </Li> <Li> Slavery abolished </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Reconstruction Era </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> Confederate States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant William T. Sherman David Farragut George B. McClellan Henry Halleck George Meade </P> and others ... </Td> <Td> <P> Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee J.E. Johnston G.T. Beauregard A.S. Johnston † Braxton Bragg </P> and others ... </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2,200,000 : </P> <Ul> <Li> Union Army </Li> <Li> Union Marines </Li> <Li> Union Navy </Li> <Li> Revenue Service </Li> </Ul> 698,000 ( peak ) </Td> <Td> <P> 750,000 -- 1,000,000 : </P> <Ul> <Li> Confederate Army </Li> <Li> Confederate Marines </Li> <Li> Confederate Navy </Li> </Ul> 360,000 ( peak ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 110,000 + killed in action / died of wounds 230,000 + accident / disease deaths 25,000 -- 30,000 died in Confederate prisons </P> <P> 365,000 + total dead 282,000 + wounded 181,193 captured </P> Total : 828,000 + casualties </Td> <Td> <P> 94,000 + killed in action / died of wounds 26,000 -- 31,000 died in Union prisons </P> <P> 290,000 + total dead 137,000 + wounded 436,658 captured </P> Total : 864,000 + casualties </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 50,000 free civilians dead 80,000 + slaves dead Total : 785,000 -- 1,000,000 + dead </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the us civil war take place
when did the us civil war take place
April 12 , 1861 -- May 9 , 1865
April 12 , 1861 -- May 9 , 1865