By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war ...
Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. But many ...
Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged ... that occurred in the last two years of the War 40+ — Estimated percentage of Civil War dead who were never identified ...