The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
Keywords Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, secession, Confederacy, Fort Sumter, First Battle of Bull Run, Emancipation Proclamation, military strategy, Union, Confederate States, African Americans, war ...
"Incidents of the war: A harvest of death ... Approximate number of battlefield deaths in 12 hours at the Battle of Bull Run 3,000 — Estimated number of horses killed at the Battle of Gettysburg ...
"Incidents of the war: A harvest of death ... Approximate number of battlefield deaths in 12 hours at the Battle of Bull Run 3,000 — Estimated number of horses killed at the Battle of Gettysburg ...