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the Virginia secession convention votes 89-45 against an ordinance of secession
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Of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army that started the American Civil War
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Also known as the First Battle was the first major battle of the American Civil War was a victory.
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Fought in southwestern Tennessee. A Union force known as the Army of the Tennessee had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee
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Was a stunning victory by Major General Edmund against Union major general defending the town.
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Also known as the particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln effective January 1, 1863.
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By Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point
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The state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was extremely primitive. Doctors did not understand infection, and did little to prevent it.
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In every war fought by or within the United States, African Americans participated, including the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican
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Delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863.
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The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the American Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln who served as the 16th president of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
