Continue the deep dive into the American Civil War with Part 2, focusing on the crucial battles of 1861 that set the tone for years of bloody conflict. From Fort Sumter to Ball's Bluff, these early ...

Still, Civil War battles spread across a total of 23 states and territories, ... 1861 – Aug. 29, 1861) > Final conflict of the Civil War in North Carolina: Battle at Bentonville (March 19, 1865 ...

Born in Indiana on July 4, 1845, and following his family to St. Paul as a 7-year-old, Bircher said military recruiters repeatedly turned him away after the war broke out in 1861 because he wasn't ...

Missouri was a border state during the American Civil War, ... fought his first battle of the Civil War near the now-flooded town of Belmont in Mississippi County. ... on Nov. 7, 1861, ...

Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. ... His caution and patience had, for the second time, avoided initiating a battle.

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need.

Battle-stained flags that survived ferocious fighting fill drawers in cabinets inside the Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flag Education Center in Harrisburg. Each one serves as a memento of a fight ...

The average person is quite surprised that Civil War battles were fought here in Oklahoma, based, I suppose, ... and during the war, which lasted from 1861-1865, ...

The Civil War was the bloodiest and most destructive conflict in American history. From the beginning of the war in April 1861 to the end in April 1865, over 620,000 people were killed, about ...