American Civil War Beginning: April 12, 1861 End: April 9, 1865 (effectively) Place: United States of America Outcome: Union Victory, slaves freed Major battles: Battle of Camp Half-Blood Combatants United States of America Camp Half-Blood Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln, - Camp Half-Blood Jefferson Davis - Camp Jupiter
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The American Civil War (1861—1865, also known as the War Between the States and several other names) was a civil war in the United States of America fought for the freedom of African American slaves or, according to the Confederacy at the time, for the right to secede from the Union.

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There are only three known demigods involved in this war, although numerous children of Athena, and Ares probably fought. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, General Sherman, a son of Ares, and Harriet Tubman was a child of Hermes.

Percy Jackson and the OlympiansEdit

The Sea of MonstersEdit

Clarisse helps Percy, Tyson, and Annabeth defeat the Hydra with a Confederate Ironclad warship. The book mentions that in every war, the losing side has to give Ares a small fraction of their dead soldiers, giving Ares control over them.

The Heroes of OlympusEdit

The Lost HeroEdit

The Roman and Greek demigods had a giant battle that lasted three days in Camp Half-Blood's woods around the time of the American Civil War. The loss of life was so great, the gods were forced to separate them and bind the Mist as tightly as possible so the two sides would forget each other. Chiron told the other campers about Bunker 9, a secret war base used when the Roman and Greek Demigods were fighting each other around the time of the American Civil War when he and the other campers (Hephaestus, Athena, Hypnos, etc) were shown to the bunker by Leo Valdez who opened it after the Quest to save Hera with Jason Grace and Piper McLean.

The Mark of AthenaEdit

While talking about a map to lead them to the Mark of Athena, Jason mentioned that it could be in one of the first ironclad submarines ever created during the Civil War. The quest group of the Prophecy of Seven discusses the Civil War, and Jason remarks that most (although not all) Roman demigods fought for the Confederacy. It is implied, although not stated, that most Greek demigods fought for the Union. Hazel takes great offense to this as her grandmother was a slave. It is also said that the Romans fought for the south as the Confederates were the first to design ironclad ships, but Jason says that not all Romans fought for the South, just like how not all Greeks fought for the North.