Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia - American Civil War
KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+ The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Civil War Leaders And Soldiers
One of the reasons that the US Civil War wore on as long as it did and the battles were so fierce was that most important generals on bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Civil War Leaders And Soldiers
One of the reasons that the US Civil War wore on as long as it did and the battles were so fierce was that most important generals on bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War Spies: Encyclopedia - American Civil War Spies
The most useful military intelligence of the American Civil War was probably provided to Union officers by slaves and smugglers. There we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stonewall Jackson: Encyclopedia Ii - Stonewall Jackson - American Civil War
In 1861, as the American Civil War broke out, Jackson became a drill master for some of the many new recruits in the Confederate Army. On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norfolk Naval Shipyard: Encyclopedia Ii - Norfolk Naval Shipyard - American Civil War
In 1861, Virginia joined the Confederate States of America. Fearing that the Confederacy would take control of the facility, the shipyard...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Josiah Tattnall: Encyclopedia Ii - Josiah Tattnall - American Civil War
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Capt. Tattnall held command of the Sackett's Harbor Station. Though he opposed secession, Tattnall resi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Cobden: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Cobden - American Civil War
When the Civil War threatened to break out in the United States, Cobden was deeply distressed. But after the conflict became inevitable h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Southern Democrats: Encyclopedia Ii - Southern Democrats - American Civil War
After the election of Lincoln, Southern Democrats led the charge to secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clara Barton: Encyclopedia Ii - Clara Barton - American Civil War
When the American Civil War began, Barton resigned her position in the Patent Office to devote herself to the care of wounded soldiers on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dismal Swamp Canal: Encyclopedia Ii - Dismal Swamp Canal - American Civil War
During the American Civil War (1861-1865) the canal was in an important strategic position for Union and Confederate forces. In April, 18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Jackson Palmer: Encyclopedia Ii - William Jackson Palmer - American Civil War
As the American Civil War began in 1861, although his Quaker upbringing made Palmer abhor violence, his passion to see the slaves free co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cavalry In The American Civil War: Encyclopedia - Cavalry In The American Civil War
Cavalry was a branch of army service in a process of transition during the American Civil War. It suffered from emerging technology threa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Narrative Summary
Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860 triggered South Carolina's secession from the Union. Lincoln was not even on the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Narrative Summary: 1861 To Ft Sumter
Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860 triggered South Carolina's secession from the Union. Lincoln was not even on the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Union American Civil War: Encyclopedia - Union American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the United States, the twenty-four northern states that were not par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Art: Encyclopedia - African American Art
African American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community. Influenced by various cultural tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of African Americans: Encyclopedia - Military History Of African Americans
Military history of African Americans is that of African Americans in the United States since the arrival of the first black slaves in 16...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battles Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Battles Of The American Civil War - Troop Engagements Of The American Civil War
This is a chronological summary and record of every engagement between the troops of the Union and of the Confederacy, showing the total ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naming The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Naming The American Civil War - The War
The following names have been, or are, used to describe the conflict itself, listed roughly by frequency of use. The first two names have...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naming The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Naming The American Civil War - Battles And Armies
In addition to differences in naming the war between North and South, there is a disparity between the sides in naming some of the battle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Rise Of Anti-slavery
Origins of the American Civil War - The rise of abolitionism. Main article: Abolitionism In the North, anti-slavery movements gained ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Overview
The origins of the American Civil War lay in the complex issues of political party politics, disagreements over the scope of state and fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Emergence Of Lincoln
Origins of the American Civil War - Elections of 1860. For further details see the main articles U.S. presidential election, 1860, Linc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Overview
The origins of the American Civil War lay in the complex issues of political party politics, disagreements over the scope of state and fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Emergence Of Lincoln
Origins of the American Civil War - Elections of 1860. For further details see the main articles U.S. presidential election, 1860, Linc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Antebellum South And The Union
Origins of the American Civil War - Unifying forces. Before the Civil War, a number of factors helped mitigate the sectional tensions, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Antebellum South And The Union
Origins of the American Civil War - Unifying forces. Before the Civil War, a number of factors helped mitigate the sectional tensions, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Question Of Slavery In The West
Origins of the American Civil War - Territorial acquisitions. Main article: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo In the 1850s, sectional tension...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Question Of Slavery In The West
Origins of the American Civil War - Territorial acquisitions. Main article: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo In the 1850s, sectional tension...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Onset Of The Civil War And The Question Of Compromise
The question of compromise (especially Abraham Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden Compromise and the failure to secure the ratificatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Emergence Of Lincoln
Origins of the American Civil War - Elections of 1860. For further details see the main articles U.S. presidential election, 1860, Linc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Onset Of The Civil War And The Question Of Compromise
The question of compromise (especially Abraham Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden Compromise and the failure to secure the ratificatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canada And The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Canada And The American Civil War - Confederate Activity In Canada
Because of Canada's neutrality and some sympathy for the Southern cause, Canada became home to a number of Confederate operations during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Antebellum South And The Union
Origins of the American Civil War - Unifying forces. Before the Civil War, a number of factors helped mitigate the sectional tensions, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Question Of Slavery In The West
Origins of the American Civil War - Territorial acquisitions. Main articles: Webster-Ashburton Treaty and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War Spies: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War Spies - Confederacy
Thomas Jordan, a former U.S. Army officer who became a Confederate colonel, started an embryonic spy network in Washington, D.C. as early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Onset Of The Civil War And The Question Of Compromise
The question of compromise (especially Abraham Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden Compromise and the failure to secure the ratificatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cavalry In The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cavalry In The American Civil War - Tactics
At the time of the Civil War, the cavalry had five major missions, in rough priority: Reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance screenin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War - Legacy
The results of the efforts of all Civil War photographers can be seen in almost all history texts regarding the conflict. In terms of pho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canada And The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Canada And The American Civil War - Enlisted Canadians
Many Canadian-born men are believed to have fought in the Civil War. There are no exact figures, but estimates have ranged from 40,000 to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War Spies: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War Spies - Union
Allan Pinkerton of the Union ran the Federal Secret Service and Brig. Gen. Lafayette C. Baker was the chief of War Department detectives....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cavalry In The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cavalry In The American Civil War - Organization
Cavalry forces were composed of "troops" of 100 men (comparable to an infantry company). Two troops composed a "squadron", although later...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cavalry In The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cavalry In The American Civil War - Equipment
The principal item of equipment for a cavalryman was the horse. In the North, over 600,000 cavalry horses were procured by a central agen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cavalry In The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cavalry In The American Civil War - Union Cavalry
The Union started the war with five Regular mounted regiments: the 1st and 2nd U.S. Dragoons, the 1st Mounted Rifles, and the 1st and 2nd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turning Point Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Turning Point Of The American Civil War - Fort Sumter
The Confederate bombardment and capture of Union Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina was the turning point between an uneasy peace ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cavalry In The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cavalry In The American Civil War - Confederate Cavalry
A Southerner was, on average, considered a superior horseman to his Northern counterpart, especially early in the war. Roads in the rural...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War - Union Photographers
Photography and photographers of the American Civil War - Mathew Brady. Mathew B. Brady, a son of Irish immigrants was born in 1823 in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War - Background
In order to better comprehend Civil War photography, we have to look at the origins of photography itself. In 1827 on one sunny, warm day...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Fragmentation Of The American Party System
Origins of the American Civil War - The strains of the Dred Scott decision and the Lecompton constitution. See also Dred Scott v. Sandf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Fragmentation Of The American Party System
Origins of the American Civil War - The strains of the Dred Scott decision and the Lecompton constitution. See also Dred Scott v. Sandf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - The Fragmentation Of The American Party System
Origins of the American Civil War - The strains of the Dred Scott decision and the Lecompton constitution. See also Dred Scott v. Sandf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rail Transport In The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Rail Transport In The American Civil War - Confederate Railroads
During the American Civil War, the Confederacy depended heavily on railroads to get supplies to their lines. In addition to existing rail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Cultural Adultery And The Rise Of Anti-slavery
Origins of the American Civil War - The rise of abolitionism. Main article: Abolitionism In the North, anti-slavery movements gained ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Photography And Photographers Of The American Civil War - Southern Photographers
Many photographs were taken by Southerners but many of them were lost in history. The Photographic History of the Civil War might better ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turning Point Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Turning Point Of The American Civil War - Invasion Of Kentucky
By mid-1861, eleven states had seceded, but four more slave-owning states remained in the Union—Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Cultural Divergences And The Rise Of Anti-slavery
Origins of the American Civil War - The rise of abolitionism. Main article: abolitionism. In the North, anti-slavery movements gained m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turning Point Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Turning Point Of The American Civil War - Gettysburg And Vicksburg
On July 4, 1863, the Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi, Vicksburg, surrendered to Grant. The previous day, Maj. Gen. George Meade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Official Records Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Official Records Of The American Civil War - Union And Confederate Armies
Collection of the records began in 1864; no special attention was paid to Confederate records until just after the capture of Richmond, V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Sectional Battles Over Federal Policy In The Late 1850s
Origins of the American Civil War - Background. Dating back to the conflicts pitting Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson against ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Sectional Battles Over Federal Policy In The Late 1850s
Origins of the American Civil War - Background. Dating back to the conflicts pitting Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson against ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of African Americans: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of African Americans - Civil War
The history of African Americans in the U.S. Civil War is marked by 180,000 African Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The American Civil War - Sectional Battles Over Federal Policy In The Late 1850s
Origins of the American Civil War - Background. Dating back to the conflicts pitting Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson against ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Official Records Of The American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Official Records Of The American Civil War - Union And Confederate Navies
Unfortunately, most of the Confederate Navy Department records were lost during the burning of Richmond. Union Navy Department records we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Governors Of Louisiana: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Governors Of Louisiana - American Civil War Era
List of Governors of Louisiana - Governors of Confederate States of America held territory in Louisiana. Thomas Overton Moore Democrat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American History: Encyclopedia Ii - African American History - The Civil War Reconstruction And Its Aftermath: 1860-1890
In 1863, during the American Civil War (1861-1865), U.S. president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harriet Tubman: Encyclopedia Ii - Harriet Tubman - Post American Civil War Life
Harriet Tubman was as an activist for African-American and women's rights. With Sarah Bradford acting as her biographer and transcribing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American History: Encyclopedia Ii - African American History - The Civil War, Reconstruction And Its Aftermath: 1860-1890
In 1863, during the American Civil War (1861-1865), U.S. president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The United States 1849-1865: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The United States 1849-1865 - Origins Of The American Civil War
With two fundamentally different labor systems at their base (the slave plantation system in the South and wage-labor industrial capitali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaac R. Trimble: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaac R. Trimble - American Civil War: Confederate General
When Trimble realized that Maryland would not secede from the Union, he returned to his Virginia home and joined the Confederate army as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American History: Encyclopedia Ii - African American History - The Civil War Reconstruction And Its Aftermath: 1860-1890
In 1863, during the American Civil War (1861-1865), President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - African American Music
Music history of the United States to the Civil War - Africans in Louisiana. Main article: Louisiana Creole In Louisiana, drums remaine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rutherford B. Hayes: Encyclopedia Ii - Rutherford B. Hayes - Service During The American Civil War
Joining the military to fight in the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a major of the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rutherford B. Hayes: Encyclopedia Ii - Rutherford B. Hayes - Servince During The American Civil War
Joining the military to fight in the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a major of the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indonesian Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Indonesian Civil War - Consequences
For more details on this topic, see New Order (Indonesia) After being promoted, Suharto was assigned emergency powers on March 11, 1966 t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Art: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Art - History
African American art - Antebellum and Civil War eras. The earliest African American artists were slave artisans working as potters, bla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Total War: Encyclopedia Ii - Total War - Development Of The Concept Of Total War
The concept of total war is often traced back to Carl von Clausewitz, but Clausewitz was actually concerned with the related philosophica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - Music Of Other Immigrant Communities
Main article: Music of immigrant communities in the United States Music history of the United States to the Civil War - Creole and Cajun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - Popularization Of Slave Music
Main article: African American music In the 1820s, genteel English-styled ballads were popular in urban areas. Many of the songwriters, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of African Americans: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of African Americans - Indian Wars
From the 1870s to the early 20th Century, African units were utilized by the United States Government to combat the Native Americans duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Total War: Encyclopedia Ii - Total War - Post World War Ii
There has been a cessation of large decisive wars between industrialized nations since the end of World War II, because their ability to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of African Americans: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of African Americans - Spanish American War
After the Indian Wars ended in the 1890s the regiments continued to serve and participated in the Spanish-American War (including the Bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of African Americans: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of African Americans - World Wars
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of African Americans: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of African Americans - Revolutionary War
African-Americans, slaves and free blacks, served on both sides during the war. Black soldiers served in northern militias from the outse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - Brass Bands
Main article: Brass band The early 1850s saw a growth in the development of brass band music. Brass bands were made up of brass and woodw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Aftermath
Northern leaders agreed that the war would be over when Confederate nationalism was dead, and slavery was dead. They disagreed sharply on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Aftermath
Congress proposed the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, barring slavery throughout the United States; it was ratified by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Further Reading And Viewing
There have been over 50,000 books published about the Civil War. It is often cited as the single subject with the most number of books pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Origins Of The Conflict
Although there is no disagreement among historians on the events that led to war, there is disagreement on exactly what caused what. Ame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - The Division Of The Country
American Civil War - The Union States. Main article: Union (American Civil War) There were 23 Union States: California, Connecticut, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - The Question Of Slavery
As slavery and constitutional questions concerning states' rights were widely viewed as the major causes of the war, the victorious Union...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - The Question Of Slavery
As slavery and constitutional questions concerning states' rights were widely viewed as the major causes of the war, the victorious Union...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - The Division Of The Country
American Civil War - The Union States. There were 23 Union States: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Foreign Diplomacy
Because of the Confederacy's attempt to create a new state, recognition and support from the European powers were critical to its prospec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Major Land Battles
The ten costliest land battles, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) were: (Pennsylvania) (Georgia) (Virginia)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Border States
Main article: Border states (Civil War) Along with the northwestern counties of Virginia (whose residents did not wish to secede and even...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Major Land Battles
The ten costliest land battles, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) were: (Pennsylvania) (Georgia) (Virginia)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Foreign Diplomacy
Because of the Confederacy's attempt to create a new state, recognition and support from the European powers were critical to its prospec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Origins Of The Conflict
There had been a continuing contest between the states and the national government over the power of the latter, and over the loyalty of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - American Civil War - Analysis Of Why The North Won
Why the Union prevailed (or why the Confederacy was defeated) in the Civil War has been a subject of extensive analysis and debate. Could...   » Read the article