By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. The American Civil War destroyed slavery in the South. At first, most white ...

The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America.

How much do you know about the Civil War? Our history quiz covers some of the basic Civil War questions that we feel are ...

Although hundreds of thousands of people died fighting in the American Civil War, perhaps the war's biggest casualty was the nation's legal order. A Legal History of the Civil War and Reconstruction ...

Confederate paper money was a promise to exchange the bill for gold or silver, but only after the Confederacy won the war.

“A house divided against itself, cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” 37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery, although ...

War broke out in April 1861 with the attempt by the Federal government to resupply South Carolina ... Finally, constitutionally and politically, Lincoln had to grapple with the evolving meaning of the ...

Author Allen Rowland recently published his book, "Civil War Veterans from Walker County, Alabama Who Fought for the South or ...