Library of Congress Though the confederates had bombarded Fort Sumter two months earlier, signaling the start of the Civil War, there had ... On June 11, 1861, delegates from 32 counties in ...

Northern Illinois University Libraries Five months into the Civil War—on September 9—Richmond, Virginia’s Daily Dispatch editorialized that the time for debate had passed. “Words are now ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

After the US Civil War began in April 1861, the Union placed a naval blockade around the Confederacy to prevent international trade and weaken its economy. One year later, after the Confederacy ...