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  1. During the American Civil War, the United States was referred to as simply the Union, also known colloquially as the North, after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), which was called the Confederacy, also known as the South.

  2. The principal political battle leading to Southern secession was over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the Western territories destined to become states. Initially Congress had admitted new states into the Union in pairs, one slave and one free.

  3. 15. Okt. 2009 · Learn about the causes, dates and major battles of the Civil War, the costliest and deadliest war in American history. The web page covers the secession of the southern states, the election of Lincoln, the conflict in Virginia and the end of the war.