American Civil War

English: The American Civil War (1861–1865) was an insurrection fought between the United States of America and several rebellious slave-owning states in the southern U.S., known as the "Confederate States". The latter was defeated, with slavery in the U.S. being ended as a result. Over a thousand public domain images are available from The Library of Congress. (These should be imported and categorized.)

Maps

1861	1864	1865
States that declared secession before April 15, 1861 States that declared secession after April 15, 1861 Union states that permitted slavery Union states that forbade slavery Territories, unaffiliated	Union states, including those admitted during the war Union states that permitted slavery Confederate States Territories	Union states Union territories The border states Bleeding Kansas The Confederacy Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories

Flags

United States of America

United States of America (1861), the "Stars and Stripes".

United States of America (1861), the "Great Star Flag".

United States of America (1861), the "Fort Sumter Flag".

United States of America (1861–1863), the "Flag with the Thirty-Four Stars".

United States of America (1863–1865), the "Stars and Stripes".

United States Navy (1861).

United States Navy (1861–1863).

United States Navy (1863–1865).

United States Navy (1864–1865).

3rd United States Colored Troops.

26th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops.

20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

American flags.
American flags.
American flags.
American flags.
American flags.
American flags.
American flags.

The Confederacy

The Confederacy (1861), the "Stars and Bars".

The Confederacy (1861–1863), the "Stars and Bars".

The Confederacy (1863–1865), the "White Man's Flag".

The Confederacy (1865), the "Blood-Stained Banner".

Confederate Navy (1861–1863).

Confederate Navy (1863–1865).

Confederate Navy (1863–1865), the "Stainless Banner"

Confederate Army.

Confederate flags.

Seals

United States of America

United States of America
United States Army

The Confederacy

The Confederacy
Confederate Navy

Leaders

United States of America

First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, 1864.
"The Peacemakers", 1868.
Cabinet of U.S. President Lincoln
Cabinet of U.S. President Lincoln

The Confederacy

The Confederate Cabinet.
Generals of the Confederate army.
The Confederate Cabinet.

Soldiers

Soldier
Union soldiers
"All Quiet Along the Potomac"
African-American soldiers at Dutch Gap, Virginia
McClellan riding through Frederick, Maryland
Battle of Antietam
4th United States Colored Infantry

Eastern Theater

Land battles

Battle of (First) Bull Run, 1861
Battle of Malvern Hill, 1862
Battle of Antietam, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862
A U.S. pontoon bridge crossing the Rappahannock River at the Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862
Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
Battle of the Wilderness, 1864
Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864
Battle of Cedar Creek, October 1864
Fall of Richmond, 1865
Surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865)

Naval battles

Battle of Hampton Roads (1862)
Action of USS Monitor against CSS Virginia (March 9, 1862)
Final Assault upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1865

Photographs

Union artillery at Yorktown
Field hospital after the Battle of Savage's Station (1862)
President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan at Antietam
Union soldiers entrenched at the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863)
Confederate dead along Sunken Road, following the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863)
Dead soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg
Collecting bones after the Battle of Cold Harbor
"The Dictator" mortar at Petersburg

Western Theater

Battle of Fort Donelson, 1862
Battle of Shiloh, February 1862
Battle of Chickamauga, 1863
Bombardment and Capture of Island Number Ten on the Mississippi River, April 7, 1862.
Battle on the lower Mississippi, April 24, 1862
The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet by the Federal Fleet under Commodore Davis - June 6, 1862, off Memphis
CSS Arkansas running through the Union fleet above Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 15, 1862
Bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. January 11, 1863
Admiral Porter's Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16, 1863
Confederates killing U.S. soldiers in the Fort Pillow Massacre, April 1864.
Confederates killing U.S. soldiers and civilians in the Fort Pillow Massacre, April 1864.
Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 1864.
Sketch of the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain by Alfred Waud
Siege of Atlanta
Destroyed Roundhouse at Atlanta
Confederate railroad being destroyed by U.S. forces during the Atlanta Campaign.
Sherman's march to the sea.

Lower Seaboard Theater

Bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 1861.
Battle of Fort Wagner, July 1863
Soldiers of the U.S. Army (right) storm a position (Fort Wagner) of the Confederate army (left).
"The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground", depicting the Second Battle of Fort Wagner (1863)
Battle of Olustee (1864)
Battle of Olustee (1864)

Trans-Mississippi Theater and elsewhere

Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 1861.
Texan civilians murdered by Confederates at Gainesville, October 1862.
American ship USS Kearsarge battling the Confederate ship CSS Alabama at Cherbourg.