Portal:American Civil War

Thure de Thulstrup, "Battle of Gettysburg"

The American Civil War was a conflict fought in the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. The belligerents were the northern states (called the Union) and southern states (called the Confederacy). The principal issue of the war was the extension of slavery into the western states. The Union opposed this. The Union won the war, at great cost to the Confedrate States. Highlights of the conflict include the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Harriet Tubman probably at her home in Auburn, New York, about 1911

Answers to the questions below can be found in the articles in the Portal!

• Who was Jefferson Davis?
• Where did Harriet Tubman die?
• Who wrote the "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"?

First inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama, February 18, 1861

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• The Red Badge of Courage
• John Calhoun
• Richmond, Virginia
• Irish Americans in the American Civil War
• Confederate States of America