By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North ...

The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fired over 4,000 shells at the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor, forcing a surrender ...

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 ...

The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America.