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American Civil War is also known as the War Between the States. This civil war from April 1861 to April 1865 made. The war was hastened by the secession of eleven Southern states in 1860 and 1861 and the development of the Confederate States of America under the government of President Jefferson Davis. Member of the South fear that the new President Abraham Lincoln and politicians of the North could hinder the growth of slavery and to impair the slave regime in power.Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860.

Abraham Lincoln tried the slaves of the South during the war by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation free. He fought in the first place to restore the Union. The civil war started in 12th April 1861, when Confederate guns fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. It took the Allies to break up to ten weeks at Fort Sumter. The war has been intense and many soldiers lost their lives under the command of President Abraham Lincoln.Medal of the civil war to all those in active military service from 15 April 1861 and April 9, 1865 date. The eligibility period for Texas on Aug. 20 was extended in 1866 to award the medal. No War Department General Order 12 created Civil War Campaign Medal Army 21st January 1907.

Civil War military service is the first of a campaign medal approved. Consequently, this medal is worn before all the medals from the Army of the Other Campaign. Francis D. Milletdesigned the medal of civil war. Its first recipient was Major General Charles F. Humphrey on May 26, 1909, the Civil War Medal No. 1 was assigned.

An engraving of Lincoln is in the center of the coin and is a text entry with the adjacent "With malice toward none, with charity for all". The head of Lincoln was selected Millet, because it was the only emotion that the impetus for this was not previously on the medal. E 'accepted throughoutacross the country with reference to civil war.