Map Of The Us Civil War
150 years after abraham lincoln s assassination these maps explain the origins of the civil war why the north won and how the war transformed the united states.
Map of the us civil war. The american civil war also known by other names was a civil war in the united states from 1861 to 1865 fought between northern states loyal to the union and southern states that had seceded from the union to form the confederate states of america. The united states secession 1860 1861. The map also shows the territorial boundaries of the washington territory dakota territory nebr. By incorporating unofficial or non traditional forms of public art and commemoration from neglected memorials and sites of re enactment used to commemorate.
Full 1024x683 medium 235x150 large 640x427. The civil war began primarily as a result of the long standing controversy over the enslavement of black people war broke out in april 1861 when secessionist forces attacked fort sumter in south carolina just over a month after abraham lincoln. The civil war monuments database which i am co creating with jillian caddell university of kent and alan miller university of st andrews in conjunction with a number of scholars in the us and the uk is a long term project which will map as many public civil war related monuments as possible in the states and elsewhere.