The 1648 Second English Civil War was part of a series of connected conflicts in the kingdoms of England, incorporating Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.Known collectively as the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, others include the Irish Confederate Wars, the 1638 to 1640 Bishops' Wars, and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.. Following his defeat in the First English Civil …

Civil War military actions in Cornwall and the South West. The English Civil War lasted nearly nine years, having begun with the battle of Edgehill, in Warwickshire, on Sunday, 23 October 1642, and ended with the battle of Worcester, on 3 September 1651.The principal events in Cornwall happened in the following order. 1642

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war in the United States of America.It was fought when 11 Southern states left the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy). The US government and the states that remained loyal to it were called the Union.. The main cause of the war was slavery, which was allowed in the …