Timeline: John Brown Anderson: Ferguson Family History

1826 - 1903 (77 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1846	25 Apr 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War The war was fought over the northern territories of Mexico and Texas. The United States conquered California, New Mexico, parts of northern Mexico and Mexico City which forced Mexico to sell the territories for 15 million dollars in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico also accepted the loss of Texas with the Rio Grande as its northern border.
2	1861	12 Apr 1861—26 May 1865: American Civil War The war was fought between eleven Southern states that formed the Confederate States of America after their secession from the United States and the United States of America, and began when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Confederacy collapsed when General Lee surrendered to General Grant securing the Union victory. This is the deadliest war in American history with the deaths of 620,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilian casualties.

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