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This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War. Doubleday. ISBN 1-85326-696-5. LCCN 56-5960. Coombe, Jack D., Gunfire Around the Gulf: The Last Major Naval Campaigns of the Civil War, Bantam Books, 1999, ISBN 0-553-10731-3; Craven, Avery, The Coming of the Civil War, University of Chicago Press, 1957, ISBN 0-226-11894-0
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 [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
The division of Union and Confederate states during the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. In the context of the American Civil War, the Union, or the United States, is sometimes referred to as "the North", both then and now, as opposed to the Confederacy, which was often called "the South".
United States State Department clerk Robert S. Chew and United States War Department Captain Talbot give President Lincoln's message to Governor Pickens. [327] [353] The U. S. Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane leaves New York with supplies for Fort Sumter. [352] [353]
The Committee for Celebration of the Union Victories unanimously resolved on February 25 "that the people of the city of New York do hereby invite the co-operation of every loyal municipality in the Union, to unite in a general celebration of the successes of Union arms, on Saturday, the 4th of March, ensuing at midday, that by the sound of cannon, the ringing of bells and the uprising of the ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War: American Civil War – civil war in the United States of America that lasted from 1861 to 1865. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known
The German Reich declares war on the United States, December 11, 1941; The United States declares war on the German Reich and the Italian Empire, December 11, 1941; Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943; The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, June 5, 1942; Allied Forces invade Sicily, July 9, 1943
The 1861 State of the Union Address was written by the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and delivered to the 37th United States Congress, on Tuesday, December 3, 1861, amid the American Civil War, which had begun earlier in the year. [1]