From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...
We are listing the American Civil War first for comparison. The others are in order by the lower-end estimated number of casualties. Years: 1861-1865 Estimated Death Toll: 620,000 – 750,000 Issues: ...
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo gives perspective on what the American Civil War was really about. Dr. Allen C. Guelzo the Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar at Princeton University talks about how ...
The CSS “Shenandoah” only learned of the Confederacy’s defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser’s crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...
1865-1900. Race relations ; Work on the western agricultural frontier ; Immigration ; Industrial war -- 1900-1920. Reform movements ; Race and work in the South ; Migrations ; World War I -- 1920-1945 ...
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. As the deadliest war in United States history, the Civil ...
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993. Image on file. Erected AD 1879/To the Memory of the Soldiers of the town of Wallkill (On side of base near bottom:) WALLKILL'S TRIBUTE TO/HER BRAVE ...