The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of...

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...

no fewer than 10 times during the American Civil War, assuming the occupying force spent at least one night in the town. (Oral tradition and an erroneous...

The city of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding area, were the site of numerous battles during the American Civil War, as contending armies strove...

The eastern theater of the American Civil War consisted of the major military and naval operations in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland...

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...

raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory in a doomed effort to start a slave rebellion in Virginia and across the South. During the American Civil War, the town...

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")...

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 the U.S. census...

the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It became one of two American states that formed during the American...

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...

Kentucky or Virginia. The list of West Virginia Civil War Union units is shown separately. 2nd Virginia Infantry (Berkeley, Jefferson) 7th Virginia Infantry...

West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia to join the Union, provided the following units to the Union Army during the American Civil War. Units raised...

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

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...

Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 8, 1861, hitherto the capital had...

a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester...

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...

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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...

The Battle of Philippi formed part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War and was fought in and around Philippi, Virginia (now West...

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...

Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces in western Virginia in June 1861...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland remained officially neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861–1865). It legally recognized the belligerent...

In the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were four, later five, slave states that primarily supported the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland...

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...

Devil Anse /ˈæns/, was an American timber merchant and Civil War veteran who led the West Virginian Hatfield family during the Hatfield–McCoy feud. Hatfield...

Virginia provided the following units to the Virginia Militia and the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS) during the American Civil War...

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...

town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV metropolitan statistical area. The population was 716 at the 2020...