American Civil War

Military Conflict
Commanders
Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses S. Grant)
? (Robert E. Lee)
United States of America (Abraham Lincoln)
Combatants
Union
Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant
Military personnel involved
Abner Doubleday
Absalom Baird
Addison White
 
 

Morally disputed action
Type of morally-disputed activity
Civil war
 
 

Taxonomy Subject
entry
Library of Congress Classification (E, 456, 655)
Library of Congress Classification (E, 461, 655)
 
 

Speech topic
Speeches or presentations on this topic
Give me liberty or give me death (Virginia Conventions, Liberty, Patrick Henry)
 
 

Decision or motivated action
Explanation of motive
Origins of the American Civil War
 
 

event
entity involved
Abraham Lincoln
Confederate States of America
George B. McClellan
Event type
Military Conflict
 
 

TV subject
TV programs
The Civil War
TV episodes
A Very Bloody Affair: 1862
The Cause: 1861
 
 

Exhibition subject
Exhibitions created about this subject
Grant and Lee in War and Peace
Manet and the American Civil War: The Battle of U.S.S. "Kearsarge" and C.S.S. "Alabama"
Savannah, Immortal City Photography Exhibit
 
 

Event
Start date
1861-04-12
End date
1865-04-09
Location(s)
Atlantic Ocean
Northeastern United States
Southern United States
Includes event
Action at Fayetteville
Action at Mount Zion Church
Action of 17 February 1864
 
 

Film subject
Films On This Subject
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
A Southern Yankee
A Time Out of War
 
 

Art Subject
Artwork on the Subject
Battle of "Kearsarge" and "Alabama"
Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864
Battle of the U.S.S. Kearsarge and the C.S.S. Alabama
 
 

Historical Event
People Involved
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Date Started
1861-04-12
Date Ended
1865-04-09
 
 

War
Locations
United States of America
 
 

Type/domain equivalent topic
Equivalent Domain
American Civil War (yes)
 
 

Literature Subject
Works Written About This Topic
11th Virginia Cavalry
1862
18th Virginia infantry
Musical compositions about this topic
the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down
 
Edit this page

Freebase CC-BY
Source: American Civil War on Freebase licensed under CC-BY
American_Civil_War_Montage_2.jpg by Freebase by Freebase by Freebase Monument to the Iowa Citizens Who Served in the Union Army During the American Civil War 1861-1865 -- Chattanooga (TN) Military Park 2011 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell Freedman’s Village, A New Home for African Americans (Virginia Civil War Trails series) by Flickr user cliff1066™ "He Did His Work Bravely And Is At Rest" Grave of Union General George Gordon Meade -- Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia (PA) July 1, 2012 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell Curriculum Workshop Presentation -- Civil War Trust Teacher Institute Boston (MA) October 8, 2011 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell Confederate Reenactors -- Boonsboro (MD) Civil War Reenactment September 8, 2012 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell Confederate Re-Enactors -- Boonsboro (MD) Civil War Reenactment September 8, 2012 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell Craig Symonds -- Historian for the Civil War Trust Hampton Roads (VA) Tour on September 22, 2012 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell 'Checking Weapons' No.2 -- Boonsboro (MD) Civil War Reenactment September 8, 2012 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell The Civil War by Flickr user MaxTorrt Civil War cannon near the Visitor Center at Antietam National Battlefield by Flickr user Alaskan Dude African American Civil War Memorial by Flickr user dbking 'CAMPAIGN 150: OUR TIME, OUR LEGACY' -- (l-r) Civil War Trust Chairman Henry Simpson, Country Music Superstar Trace Adkins, Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Bob Kirby, and Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author James McPherson Gettysburg (PA) 2011 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell Civil War Trust Boat Tour on Hampton Roads (VA) September 22, 2012 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell The Civil War and Sulgrave Manor by Flickr user ell brown 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle Demonstration -- 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly) VA September 1, 2012 by Flickr user Ron Cogswell