War for Southern Independence (Southern Victory)

War for Southern Independence Beginning: April 12, 1861 End: June 1865 Place: North America, Atlantic Ocean Outcome: Confederate Victory Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America California United Kingdom France Commanders Abraham Lincoln Winfield Scott George B. McClellan Henry Wager Halleck Ulysses S. Grant Gideon Welles Jefferson Davis P.G.T. Beauregard Robert E. Lee Strength 2,100,000 Confederacy 1,064,000 United Kindom14,607,725 France 13,676,509 Casualties and Losses 275,414 killed in action ~399,000 total dead 275,200 wounded 189,524 killed in action ~360,000 total dead 237,000 wounded

The War for Southern Independence (1861–1865) was a war in the North America. 15 southern declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as "the Confederacy". Led by Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy fought for its independence from the United States. The U.S. federal government was supported by 18 Northern states referred to as the Union. They had a much larger base of population and industry than the South but the south had Britain and France on her side . After four years of bloody, devastating warfare (mostly within the Southern states), the Union surrendered and the Confederacy stayed independent