for the U.S. and its government existed in the more rural areas. Louisiana declared that it had seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861. Civil-War era...

The trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War was the scene of the major military operations west of the Mississippi River. The area is often...

Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...

The western theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina...

The bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war...

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...

Military leadership in the American Civil War was vested in both the political and the military structures of the belligerent powers. The overall military...

Foreign enlistment in the American Civil War (1861–1865) reflected the conflict's international significance among both governments and their citizenry...

representative of the physical violence inherent to the American slavery system. According to one account of inland Louisiana in the American Civil War, Capt. Lyons...

American Civil War Tennessee in the American Civil War Arkansas in the American Civil War Mississippi in the American Civil War Louisiana in the American Civil...

Americans in the Civil War are the Italian people and people of Italian descent, living in the United States, who served and fought in the American Civil...

The following is a list of films and television shows about the American Civil War (1861-1865). The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) The Civil War by Ken Burns...

This is a list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units. The list of Louisiana Union Civil War units is shown separately. The following list includes...

who address the origins of the American Civil War agree that the preservation of the institution of slavery was the principal aim of the eleven Southern...

German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War[citation needed]. More than 200,000 native-born Germans...

The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox...

For example, the Old West subperiod is sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to the when Superintendent...

The lower seaboard theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military and naval operations that occurred near the coastal areas of the Southeastern...

California's involvement in the American Civil War included sending gold east to support the war effort, recruiting volunteer combat units to replace...

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War: American Civil War – civil war in the United States of...

was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War. The state governor...

Contraband was a term commonly used in the US military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain people who escaped slavery or...

in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were...

During the American Civil War, the United States was referred to as simply the Union, also known colloquially as the North, after eleven Southern slave...

opposition to the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, was widespread. Although there had been many attempts at compromise prior to the outbreak...

This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and...

African Americans, including former slaves, served in the American Civil War. The 186,097 black men who joined the Union Army included 7,122 officers and...

The American state of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state...

border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by...

in the Lone Star State during the Civil War Era. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2245-7. Bell, Walter F. (October 2005). "Civil War...