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[[Archiu:American Civil War Montage 2.jpg|330px|right|Dalt (esquerra): [[William Rosecrans|Rosecrans]] en la [[batalla del Riu Stones]], Tennessee. Dalt (dreta): presoners confederats en la [[batalla de Gettysburg]]. A baix: [[Batalla del Fort Hindman]] (Arkansas).]]
La '''Guerra Civil dels Estats Units''', '''Guerra Civil Nort-americana''' o '''Guerra de Secessió dels Estats Units''',<ref> Vejau una llista de molts dels títuls a Oscar Handlin et al., ''Harvard Guide to American History'' (1954) pp. 385-98.</ref> fon un conflicte bèlic ocorregut entre [[1861]] i [[1865]] entre vint-i-tres estats del nort dels [[Estats Units]] i una coalició d'onze estats del sur que van declarar-ne la independència i el dret a la secessió. Els onze estats del Sur partidaris de l'[[esclavitut]] declararen la secessió dels Estats Units i van formar els [[Estats Confederats d'Amèrica]] (''la Confederació''). Liderats per [[Jefferson Davis]], van lluitar contra els [[Estats Units d'Amèrica]] (''la Unió'' o ''el Nort''), que tenia el soport de tots els estats lliures i els cinc estats esclavistes fronterers.
== Referències i notes ==
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== Bibliografia ==
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* Beringer, Richard E.; Archer Jones; Herman Hattaway. ''Why the South Lost the Civil War'' (1986) influential analysis of factors; ''The Elements of Confederate Defeat: Nationalism, War Aims, and Religion'' (1988), abridged version
* [Catton, Bruce. ''The Civil War'', American Heritage, 1960, ISBN 0-8281-0305-4, illustrated narrative
* Davis, William C. ''The Imperiled Union, 1861–1865'' 3v (1983)
* Donald, David ''et al. The Civil War and Reconstruction'' (latest edition 2001); 700 page survey
* Eicher, David J. ''The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War'', (2001), ISBN 0-684-84944-5.
* Fellman, Michael ''et al. This Terrible War: The Civil War and its Aftermath'' (2nd ed. 2007), 544 page survey
* Foote, Shelby. ''The Civil War: A Narrative'' (3 volumes), (1974), ISBN 0-394-74913-8. Highly detailed military narrative covering all fronts
* McPherson, James M. ''Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era'' (1988), 900 page survey of all aspects of the war; Pulitzer prize
* James M. McPherson. ''Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction'' (2nd ed 1992), textbook
* Nevins, Allan. ''Ordeal of the Union'', an 8-volume set (1947–1971). the most detailed political, economic and military narrative; by Pulitzer Prize winner
** 1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847–1852; 2. A House Dividing, 1852–1857; 3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857–1859; 4. Prologue to Civil War, 1859–1861; 5. The Improvised War, 1861–1862; 6. War Becomes Revolution, 1862–1863; 7. The Organized War, 1863–1864; 8. The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865
* Rhodes, James Ford. [http://www.bartleby.com/252/ ''History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918)], Pulitzer Prize; a short version of his 5-volume history
* Ward, Geoffrey C. ''The Civil War'' (1990), based on PBS series by [[Ken Burns]]; visual emphasis
* Weigley, Russell Frank. ''A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861–1865'' (2004); primarily military</div>
== Enllaços externs ==
* [http://civilwarcauses.org/ Causes of the Civil War]
* [http://civil.war-letters.com/ Civil War Letters — Primary Sources and First Person Accounts.](en anglès)
* [http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html Declarations of Causes of Secession]
* [http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentprint=76 Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech]
* [http://www.civilwarhome.com/lincolntroops.htm Lincoln's Call for Troops]
* [http://www.civil-war.net The Civil War Home Page]
* [http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/index.html Civil War photos at the National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]
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