the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln...

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")...

Eastern Theater of the American Civil War Western Theater of the American Civil War Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War Pacific Coast Theater...

A consensus of historians who address the origins of the American Civil War agree that the preservation of the institution of slavery was the principal...

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 American Civil War saw extensive use of horse-mounted soldiers on both sides of the conflict. They were vital to both the Union Army and Confederate...

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to...

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, with more appearing...

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

name for the American Civil War in modern American usage is simply "The Civil War". Although rarely used during the war, the term "War Between the States"...

neutral throughout the American Civil War (1861–1865). It legally recognized the belligerent status of the Confederate States of America (CSA) but never recognized...

At least four widows of veterans of the American Civil War (fought 1861–1865) are known to have survived into the 21st century. All were born in the 20th...

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...

American Civil War alternate histories are alternate history fiction that focuses on the Civil War ending differently or not occurring. The American Civil...

a wide variety of weapons used during the American Civil War, especially in the early days as both the Union and Confederate armies struggled to arm their...

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

films and television shows about the American Civil War (1861–1865). The Battle of Gettysburg (1955) The Civil War by Ken Burns (first broadcast on PBS...

States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861...

media related to Uniforms of the American Civil War. This article covers military uniforms during the American Civil War (1861–1865). During the years 1860–1865...

commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Many commissions were antedated. Dates of rank were assigned...

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...

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...

African Americans, including former enslaved individuals, served in the American Civil War. The 186,097 black men who joined the Union Army included 7...

American Civil War involved the relations of the United States and the Confederate States of America with the major world powers during the American Civil...

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 Confederate...

During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers. It sent armies, generals...

are included with the losses of the Union (American Civil War). "Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided...

American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the start of the Civil War...

Foods of the American Civil War were the provisions during the American Civil War with which both the Union and Confederate armies struggled to keep their...

slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War. The state governor, Democrat Joseph E. Brown,...