Category: United States Civil War

Categories: Wars 1800-1899 | United States Military History

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Main Category for the United States Civil War of the US Civil War: War Between the States Project , a sub project of Military and War Project

Resources

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US Civil War
The American Civil War (1861–1865), in the United States often referred to as simply the Civil War and sometimes called the "War Between the States" or "The War of Northern Aggression", was not a civil war rather a fight over the secession of the Confederate States. The right of secession had been recognized by all the states and was not questioned until it became apparent that the Confederacy would not have a high tariff such as the United States had enacted and trade would tend to favor Southern ports.

Eleven southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ("the Confederacy"); the other 25 states supported the federal government ("the Union"). After four years of warfare, mostly within the Southern states, the Confederacy surrendered and slavery was abolished everywhere in the nation.

Union (Federals)

Union States - prominent military and civilian members

Union Army - states & regiments by state

Union Navy - ships & naval battles example

Union Military personnel - for service members of unknown state

Confederacy (Rebels)

Confederate States - prominent military and civilian members

Confederate Army - states & regiments by state

Confederate Navy - ships & naval battles

Confederate Military personnel - for service members of unknown state

Ethnic articles

African Americans in the American Civil War - ethnic regiments

Contraband Camps sheltering escaped slaves in the Civil War

German Americans in the American Civil War - ethnic regiments

Hispanic Americans in the American Civil War - ethnic regiments

Irish Americans in the American Civil War - ethnic regiments

Future States and Territories

Hawaii in the American Civil War

Research Excellent sites for unit history and ancestor searches:

Civil War Heirlooms

General articles

United States Civil War Conflicts - regiments by major conflicts (work in progress)

Union Generals

Confederate Generals

American Civil War, POW - Prisoners-of-war & POW Camps

Military personnel - for veterans North/South unknown

Special Notes

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Caution

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