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a faction of Democrats in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.
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military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
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slaves who escaped to Union lines during the Civil War.
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enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
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An Act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.
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was legislation enacted by the 37th United States Congress during the American Civil War that allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers for the first time since the Militia Act of 1792.
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Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War
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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
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in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
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The 1864 United States presidential election, the 20th quadrennial presidential election
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a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia
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The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States
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Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
