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Overview
The Civil War is guide Number 13 of the 24 SparkNotes guides for studying American History
. It describes a series of incidents in the 1850s that increased sectional tensions to the breaking point as well as key events during the 1861–1865 conflict. This study guide is preceded by our guide for The Antebellum Period and followed by our Reconstruction guide.Read features in the SparkNotes guide to The Civil War including Context for the war and a discussion of the Election of 1860 and its impact on Succession.
