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Robert E Lee (seated at the table, left) surrenders to Union commander Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Court House. (Image by Alamy)

A battle of wills: why the South lost the American Civil War

President Abraham Lincoln visiting soldiers encamped at the Civil War battlefield of Antietam in Maryland, 1 October 1862. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The American Civil War: 7 facts and fictions

The bronze statue in Washington DC celebrating Abraham Lincoln's emancipation of slaves shows the 16th president standing over a shackled African American. Lincoln is

Lincoln and slavery: “If I could save the union without freeing any slave, I would”

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s funniest jokes

Picture of General Ambrose Everett Burnside

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A Grand National Union Banner depicting president Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson

Lincoln: The vote that saved America

George G Meade, best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E Lee at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. (Photo by Matthew Brady/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

Gettysburg: Lincoln’s greatest victory

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Abraham Lincoln: 5 facts

TITLE: GONE WITH THE WIND • PERS: GABLE, CLARK / LEIGH, VIVIEN • YEAR: 1939 • DIR: FLEMING, VICTOR • REF: GON004BI • CREDIT: [ THE KOBAL COLLECTION / SELZNICK/MGM ]

The American Civil War in 3 films