{"id":"2259","t":"Northern (Union) Soldier","t_s":-1,"tags":["3300","3312"],"thumb":{"fid":"4920","styles":{"circle_medium":"circle_medium_4920","circle_mini":"circle_mini_4920"},"ext":"png"},"pics":["4469"],"loc":"3341","loc_map":-1,"body":"<p>The War of Secession, or American Civil War, took place between 1861 and 1865. It saw the Northern and Southern states in conflict over the issue of slavery, the former being abolitionists, while the latter sought to maintain a slave workforce on the cotton plantations, and seceded from the Union. The war was won by the Northern states and cost the lives of around 620,000 soldiers.<\/p>\r\n","fav":"0","fav_l":"0","don":"Unknown","d_y":1965,"d_m":4,"d_d":13,"d_s":-1}