Civil War (1861 - 1865) Civil War (1860-1864), more accurately the American Civil War, as other countries also have them.

When the news came to Boone County:
Loder notes in his Diary (10 Apr 1865): "The News come to day that Gen'l R. E. Lee had surrendered his whole army to Gen'l Grant."

Called in some places in Kentucky the "Silver War".

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