The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

The American Civil War, which began in 1861, was a four-year struggle between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South). Initially driven by the Union's intention to restore national unity and ...

In the small hours of April 12th, 1861, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter, at the mouth of Charleston harbour, in South Carolina. The Federal garrison of the fort surrendered late the next ...

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war ... a piece of pottery—that highlight African-American involvement in the Civil War. They offer students opportunities to research and ...

Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged ... deaths to Union deaths 9:1 — Ratio of African American Civil War troops who died of disease to those that died on ...

Count von Moltke, for thirty years Chief of Staff in Berlin and the prime architect of three quick Prussian victories over Denmark, Austria and France, disparaged the American Civil War as a conflict ...

Click to see more US-related historic images: Textured Grunge Waving Union Flag (1861-1863) Vector Textured Grunge illustration of a Waving Flag of USA during the American Civil War. All elements ...

While the American Civil War has been relegated to some chapter in American history, that it ended some 159 years ago somehow places the conflict out of contemporary context. Yet, while the war raged, ...

The Montgomery Conference yesterday passed an act recognizing war with the United ... for the first time since the civil discord in the United States, an American vessel hoisted the flag of ...

When one of these, South Carolina, took Fort Sumter, which was in their territory, but manned by US troops, Lincoln responded and effectively started the American Civil War. In April 1861 President ...