Vicksburg, Mississippi, sat on high bluffs over the Mississippi River and was a key Confederate stronghold.
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1 to 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was…
The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It remains the bloodiest single…
The First Battle of Bull Run, also called First Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas,…
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter, a federal…