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 ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

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 ...