He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North ...

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.

When they emerge from their books and battlefields, the scholars and historians specializing in the original Civil War, from ...

The American Civil War began on April 12th, 1861, when tensions between the Northern and Southern ... The Henry Hill Visitor Center has an information desk, museum exhibits, a fiber-optic battle map ...