for the U.S. and its government existed in the more rural areas. Louisiana declared that it had seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861. Civil-War era...

The western theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military operations in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina...

The trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War was the scene of the major military operations west of the Mississippi River. The area is often...

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...

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")...

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...

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...

representative of the physical violence inherent to the American slavery system. According to one account of inland Louisiana in the American Civil War, Capt. Lyons...

The lower seaboard theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military and naval operations that occurred near the coastal areas of the Southeastern...

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