American Civil War - Naval Battles, Blockades, Ironclads: In addition to their increasing use of steam power, the screw propeller, shell guns, and rifled ordnance, both sides built and employed ironclad warships. Besides fighting efficaciously with ironc
American Civil War - Secession, Battles, Armies: Although the Union had many things working in its favor going into the war, the Confederacy was not predestined to defeat, as the Southern cause had its own advantages. Of the two rival commanders in chief
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American Civil War - African Troops, Union, Confederacy: With the Battle of Shiloh and its huge losses, the people of both the Union and the Confederacy came to realize that this war would be longer and costlier than many on either side had thought in 18
American Civil War - Cost, Significance, Impact: 21st-century data has revised the total death toll upward to 752,000. Roughly two percent of the 1860 population of the U.S. died in the war.
American Civil War - Bull Run, Manassas, Antietam: In the Second Battle of Bull Run (in the South, the Battle of Second Manassas), the Confederate victory drove the Union army from eastern Virginia. In the Battle of Antietam, Lee was compelled to retreat
American Civil War - Sherman's Campaigns, Total War: In 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman headed the Atlanta Campaign, an important series of battles in Georgia that eventually cut off a main Confederate supply centre. Sherman's March to the Sea marked a new
American Civil War - Conscription, Draft Riot, NYC: The Confederates resorted to a draft first, in April 1862; all healthy Southern white men between ages 18 and 35 were required to serve three years. The U.S. Congress resorted to the first draft in the
List of some of the important facts of the American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The conflict is also known as the War Betwe
American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lin