12 Apr 1861—9 Apr 1865: American Civil War The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
George Emery LYONS Sr. Genealogy 
1846 - 1876 (29 years)