The Civil War

The bloodiest conflict in American history, the Civil War pitted brother against brother. Use these resources to better understand how this conflict tore the nation apart and how both sides struggled to achieve victory.

  • Engraved portrait of President James Buchanan
    President James Buchanan and the Secession Crisis
  • Mexican War
    Top 9 Events That Led to the Civil War
  • Prang Painting of Gettysburg
    Significance of the Battle of Gettysburg
  • Lincoln Visits Civil War Headquarters
    Order of Secession During the American Civil War
  • Encounter between warships during the Civil War
    Innovations in Technology During the Civil War
  • U.S.Grant at the Siege of Vicksburg.
    The Civil War Siege of Vicksburg
  • Photograph of Civil War soldier who lost both arms.
    Amputations During the Civil War
  • General J.E.B. Stuart
    Cavalry Fight at the Battle of Gettysburg
  • Lithograph of fighting at the Battle of Antietam
    The Battle of Antietam
  • Union forces at the Battle of Petersburg, 1865
    American Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
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    American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh
  • Civil War Cannons on an historic battleground site.
    4 Criminals Prosecuted During the American Civil War
  • Battle of Atlanta
    The Battle of Atlanta in the American Civil War
  • Illustration of retreat at Bull Run in 1861
    Battle of Bull Run: Summer of 1861 Disaster for the Union Army
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    American Civil War: Major General John Buford
  • Pickett's charge at Gettysburg
    Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg
  • Gardner's Gallery
    Alexander Gardner, Civil War Photographer
  • John F. Reynolds
    American Civil War: Major General John F. Reynolds
  • Pierre G.T. Beauregard during the Civil War
    American Civil War: General P.G.T. Beauregard
  • George Pickett during the Civil War
    American Civil War: Major General George Pickett
  • J.E.B. Stuart during the Civil War
    American Civil War: Major General J.E.B. Stuart
  • Albert S. Johnston
    American Civil War: General Albert Sidney Johnston
  • Engraved portrait of author Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Did Uncle Tom's Cabin Help to Start the Civil War?
  • Photograph of Civil War drummers of a Rhode Island regiment
    The Role of Drummer Boys in the American Civil War
  • An engraving of the battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Gettysburg
  • Portrait of Justin Smith Morrill sitting in chair.
    The Hoax That a Tariff Provoked the Civil War
  • Black and white etching of enslaved Black Americans freed after the US Civil War
    The Corwin Amendment, Enslavement, and Abraham Lincoln
  • Illustration of retreat at Bull Run in 1861
    The Civil War Year By Year
  • General Robert E. Lee mounted on horseback in black and white.
    Robert E. Lee's Civil War Battles
  • Civil War Battle Scene
    The Road to the Civil War
  • Engraving depicting fighting during the American Civil War
    Battles of the American Civil War
  • The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863
    10 Deadliest Civil War Battles
  • Casualties near the Dunker Church, Battle of Antietam
    American Civil War 101
  • Portrait of Jefferson Davis.
    The American Civil War and Secession
  • Pencil sketch of Civil War bugler by artist Alfred Waud
    The Story of the Bugle Call Taps
  • A black and white engraving of the Battle of Richmond
    Overview of the US Civil War Battle of Richmond
  • William Clarke Quantrill and his men riding horses through Lawrence, Kansas and killing civilians
    William Quantrill and the Lawrence Massacre
  • Gettysburg hero civilian John Burns photographed by Mathew Brady depicted on stereoview card.
    John Burns, Civilian Hero of Gettysburg
  • HMS Dreadnought at sea.
    World War I: HMS Dreadnought
  • Philip Kearny
    American Civil War: Major General Philip Kearny
  • Major General George G. Meade
    Union Commanders at the Battle of Gettysburg
  • John Ericsson, designer of the USS Monitor
    Images of USS Monitor, Civil War Ironclad
  • Lithograph of fighting at the Battle of Antietam
    Major Battles of the Civil War
  • Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
    American Civil War and the Battle of Cold Harbor
  • First Battle of Bull Run
    American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run
  • Union positions on Little Round Top depicted in wartime sketch by artist Edwin Forbes
    The Fight for Little Round Top at Gettysburg
  • Edwin Sumner
    American Civil War: Battle of Savage's Station
  • Baldy Smith
    American Civil War: Major General William F. "Baldy" Smith
  • Black and white illustration of the Battle of Bull Run
    Second Battle of Bull Run
  • President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial
    Why Did Lincoln Issue a Proclamation Suspending Habeas Corpus?
  • Print of African-American troops attacking a fort.
    American Civil War: Battles of Fort Wagner
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    Selected Union Generals of the Civil War
  • Casualties near the Dunker Church, Battle of Antietam
    American Civil War: Battle of Antietam
  • Interior of Fort Sumter after the April 1861 battle.
    Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter
  • Battle of Philippi
    American Civil War: The Battle of Philippi (1861)
  • A.P. Hill
    American Civil War: Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill
  • Ulysses S. Grant
    Profile of American Civil War Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
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    American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Fisher
  • Union Square rally following Fort Sumter
    Why Are There No Combat Photographs From the Civil War?
  • George G. Meade, USA
    American Civil War: Major General George G. Meade
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    American Civil War: Colonel John Singleton Mosby
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