( WP ) The US had another civil war dividing it into 3 countries . Your a history teacher in the the year 2114 telling kids about the most important battle of the war .

`` The War of Three Councils came to an abrupt end on this date, September 26, way back in 2076 in the Battle of the Oklahoma City. This battle, the prelude to it, and the aftermath are the sole subject of the following chapter, but before we get into the details there are some key concepts you need to keep in mind. 
 
 First, the battle did not, as the name would imply, take place in Oklahoma. Rather, it happened in Kansas a few miles north of Topeka. The Eastern Union were pressing from their fortifications in Missouri, but were having difficulties in breaking the Southerner's lines. Caught in a stalemate along the Mississippi the army was desperate to find a solid route to flank, and sent a division of forces to find one. An old bridge over the Kansas River seemed to offer them just that. 
 
 Within hours hundreds of mechanized infantry poured over the bridge and into Kansas, intent of encircling the forces on the Mississippi. What they did not know was that a force of Southern Confederate soldiers, an Oklahoma Artillery branch, had set up to turn the empty riverbank into a killing field. 
 
 At approximately 8 AM, just as the forces camped along the lightly forest river were awaking, the bride that they used to cross was destroyed and three thousand men were left stranded in enemy territory. As the soldiers crowded around the riverbank to try and discern what had happened, the shelling began. 
 
 The Oklahoma Artillery was a force of volunteer pyrotechnics and engineers that signed up at the start of the war. Anyone with knowledge of bombs that tried to get into the engineering corp without prior military experience was sent to them. A purely defensive force, they were given old fashion artillery and weapons. Surplus stockpiles, no longer up to date with the Southern Soldier's technology, were donated in mass to the rapidly growing force. When the soldiers crossed into the South, the Oklahoma Artillery consisted of nearly 20,000 men, spread out across Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma itself. Their artillery viewpoint, standing on an artificial hill, was dubbed Oklahoma city. They could fire from that viewpoint onto any target within 100 miles. With nearly three hundred guns, the City erupted in flames and smoke as they began their three day shelling. The Eastern soldiers never knew what was coming, until the ground erupted beneath them. 
 
 Casualties of the initial bombardment vary wildly on eye witness accounts and recovered video. What we do know is that the 1,000 or so survivors managed to flee into the forest. They set up a line with their command center and immediately called for evac. Unfortunately, embroiled as they were, the only way to safely evacuate their forces would be to eliminate the enemy position at Oklahoma City, not to mention the strategic value of such a position on the southern side. 
 
 Five hours later and the Eastern command launched a campaign to take OK City. Thus began the single worst battle to ever take place on US soil. Over one hundred thousand people were confirmed dead, as Eastern forces flooded into the south to take the city without destroying it. As the south and east clashed over the tiny city, a nuclear device buried among the antiquities of the fort detonated. 
 
 All but a handful of the soldiers engaged died instantly, those who survived would not for long, and today there are no living survivors of the battle. 
 
 The horror of the battle prompted the signing of the Treaty of Oklahoma, which surprisingly actually took place in Oklahoma. Each of the Three Council states were allowed to remain autonomous, forming the nations that we know today. The Eastern Union, which stretched from Maine to Florida and extends to the Appalachian mountains. The Western States, which included California to the Rocky Mountains. And the Confederacy of Texan States, stretching from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains.''
