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The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [308]
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a sectional rebellion against the United States of America by the Confederate States, formed of eleven southern states' governments which moved to secede from the Union after the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States.
The City Council was dominated by Democrats, and many of the Irish and German immigrants belonged to that party. The Detroit Free Press was a Democratic Party paper that was opposed to President Abraham Lincoln's conduct of the American Civil War and its increasing demand for
The Confederate Veteran was a magazine about veterans of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. It published histories of the Civil War with a focus on Confederate events. It also propagated a myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. It was instrumental in popularizing the legend of Sam Davis. [1]
Samuel "Champ" Ferguson (November 29, 1821 – October 20, 1865) [1] was a notorious Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War. He claimed to have killed over 100 Union soldiers and pro-Union civilians. [2] He was arrested, tried, and executed for war crimes by the U.S. military after the war ended.
For geographic groupings of American Civil War articles and categories (e.g., campaigns), use the navigation box to the right. For events leading to this war, see Causes of secession . The main article for this category is American Civil War .
Civil War History is an academic journal of the American Civil War. It was established in 1955 at the State University of Iowa [ 1 ] and is published quarterly by Kent State University Press . [ 2 ] Topics covered in this journal include slavery and abolition, antebellum and Reconstruction politics, diplomacy, social and cultural developments ...
Pages in category "Historiography of the American Civil War" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .