Introduction

The American Civil War (1861-1865) is perhaps one of the most horrible, yet important events in North-American history; it pitted brother against brother in a new land which needed unification more than it needed to be divided, and it cost hundreds of thousands of lives, not to mention the several thousand it crippled forever.

The American Civil War was fairly representative of the state of our continent at the time. Makeshift armies made up of poorly trained, poorly clothed, poorly equipped, and poorly fed individuals, men who had left behind farms that needed tending to, and families in need of support. Yet, soldiers on both sides fought with uncommon bravery, even when they knew they wouldn't make it to the end of the day.

No matter how you choose to look at it, the Civil War gave birth to heroes, the type of individuals we only see in movies, or read about in adventure novels. Men such as General Ulysses S. Grant, or General Robert E. Lee, and of course, the Great Emancipator himself, President Abraham Lincoln, who abolished slavery, upholding Thomas Jefferson's decree that "All men are created equal".

The United States of America was born on the bloody battlefields of Bull Run, Antietam, Chickamauga, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, and Petersburg to name a few, not to mention the first ever use of ironclad vessels in Naval battles.

As this website continues to grow we'll be exploring more details about the lives of Civil War soldiers and officers, for their stories are many, and should never be forgotten...

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