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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.)
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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
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Union states, including those admitted during the war
Union states that permitted slavery
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Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories
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United States of America
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![United States of America (1861), the "Stars and Stripes".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg/187px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg.png) |
United States of America (1861), the "Stars and Stripes". |
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![United States of America (1861), the "Stars and Stripes".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/US_33_Star_Flag_2.svg/187px-US_33_Star_Flag_2.svg.png) |
United States of America (1861), the "Stars and Stripes". |
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![United States of America (1861), the "Great Star Flag".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/US_33_Star_GreatStar_Flag.svg/187px-US_33_Star_GreatStar_Flag.svg.png) |
United States of America (1861), the "Great Star Flag". |
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![United States of America (1861), the "Fort Sumter Flag".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/US_33_Star_Fort_Sumter_Flag.svg/187px-US_33_Star_Fort_Sumter_Flag.svg.png) |
United States of America (1861), the "Fort Sumter Flag". |
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![United States of America (1861–1863), the "Flag with the Thirty-Four Stars".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_United_States_of_America_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/187px-Flag_of_the_United_States_of_America_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png) |
United States of America (1861–1863), the "Flag with the Thirty-Four Stars". |
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![United States of America (1861–1863), the "Flag with the Thirty-Four Stars".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg/187px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861-1863%29.svg.png) |
United States of America (1861–1863), the "Flag with the Thirty-Four Stars". |
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![United States of America (1863–1865), the "Stars and Stripes".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flag_of_the_United_States_of_America_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg/187px-Flag_of_the_United_States_of_America_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg.png) |
United States of America (1863–1865), the "Stars and Stripes". |
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![United States of America (1863–1865), the "Stars and Stripes".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg/187px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281863-1865%29.svg.png) |
United States of America (1863–1865), the "Stars and Stripes". |
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![United States Navy (1861).](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg/138px-Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg.png) |
United States Navy (1861). |
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United States Navy (1861–1863). |
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![United States Navy (1863–1865).](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg/139px-Naval_jack_of_the_United_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg.png) |
United States Navy (1863–1865). |
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![United States Navy (1864–1865).](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Infantry_battalion_flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/124px-Infantry_battalion_flag_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png) |
United States Navy (1864–1865). |
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![3rd United States Colored Troops.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flag_of_the_3rd_United_States_Colored_Troops_%28obverse%29.png/150px-Flag_of_the_3rd_United_States_Colored_Troops_%28obverse%29.png) |
3rd United States Colored Troops. |
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3rd United States Colored Troops. |
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![26th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/26th_Regiment_USCT_colors.png/99px-26th_Regiment_USCT_colors.png) |
26th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops. |
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![26th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/26th_Regiment_USCT_national_flag.png/105px-26th_Regiment_USCT_national_flag.png) |
26th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops. |
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![20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_the_20th_Maine_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment.svg/164px-Flag_of_the_20th_Maine_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment.svg.png) |
20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. |
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American flags.
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American flags.
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American flags.
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American flags.
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American flags.
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American flags.
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American flags.
![The Confederacy (1861), the "Stars and Bars".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%28March_%E2%80%93_May_1861%29.svg/177px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%28March_%E2%80%93_May_1861%29.svg.png) |
The Confederacy (1861), the "Stars and Bars". |
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![The Confederacy (1861), the "Stars and Bars".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%28May_%E2%80%93_July_1861%29.svg/177px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%28May_%E2%80%93_July_1861%29.svg.png) |
The Confederacy (1861), the "Stars and Bars". |
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![The Confederacy (1861), the "Stars and Bars".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%28July_%E2%80%93_November_1861%29.svg/177px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%28July_%E2%80%93_November_1861%29.svg.png) |
The Confederacy (1861), the "Stars and Bars". |
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![The Confederacy (1861–1863), the "Stars and Bars".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/177px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png) |
The Confederacy (1861–1863), the "Stars and Bars". |
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![The Confederacy (1863–1865), the "White Man's Flag".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg/196px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg.png) |
The Confederacy (1863–1865), the "White Man's Flag". |
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![The Confederacy (1865), the "Blood-Stained Banner".](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281865%29.svg/147px-Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_%281865%29.svg.png) |
The Confederacy (1865), the "Blood-Stained Banner". |
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![Confederate Navy (1861–1863).](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Naval_jack_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/148px-Naval_jack_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png) |
Confederate Navy (1861–1863). |
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![Confederate Navy (1863–1865).](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Naval_jack_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg/164px-Naval_jack_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg.png) |
Confederate Navy (1863–1865). |
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![Confederate Navy (1863–1865), the "Stainless Banner"](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Naval_ensign_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg/147px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Confederate_States_%281863%E2%80%931865%29.svg.png) |
Confederate Navy (1863–1865), the "Stainless Banner" |
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![Confederate Army.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America.svg/98px-Battle_flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America.svg.png) |
Confederate Army. |
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United States of America
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United States of America
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United States Army
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The Confederacy
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Confederate Navy
United States of America
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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, 1864.
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"The Peacemakers", 1868.
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Cabinet of U.S. President Lincoln
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Cabinet of U.S. President Lincoln
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Soldier
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Union soldiers
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"All Quiet Along the Potomac"
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African-American soldiers at Dutch Gap, Virginia
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McClellan riding through Frederick, Maryland
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Battle of Antietam
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4th United States Colored Infantry
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Battle of (First) Bull Run, 1861
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Battle of Malvern Hill, 1862
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Battle of Antietam, 1862
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Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862
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A U.S. pontoon bridge crossing the Rappahannock River at the Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862
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Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863
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Battle of the Wilderness, 1864
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Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864
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Battle of Cedar Creek, October 1864
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Fall of Richmond, 1865
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Surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865)
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Battle of Hampton Roads (1862)
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Action of USS Monitor against CSS Virginia (March 9, 1862)
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Final Assault upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1865
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Union artillery at Yorktown
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Field hospital after the Battle of Savage's Station (1862)
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President Lincoln and Gen. McClellan at Antietam
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Union soldiers entrenched at the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863)
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Confederate dead along Sunken Road, following the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863)
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Dead soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg
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Collecting bones after the Battle of Cold Harbor
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"The Dictator" mortar at Petersburg
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Battle of Fort Donelson, 1862
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Battle of Shiloh, February 1862
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Battle of Chickamauga, 1863
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Bombardment and Capture of Island Number Ten on the
Mississippi River, April 7, 1862.
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Battle on the lower Mississippi, April 24, 1862
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The Total Annihilation of the Rebel Fleet by the Federal Fleet under Commodore Davis - June 6, 1862, off
Memphis
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CSS Arkansas running through the Union fleet above
Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 15, 1862
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Bombardment and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. January 11, 1863
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Admiral Porter's Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16, 1863
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Confederates killing U.S. soldiers in the Fort Pillow Massacre, April 1864.
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Confederates killing U.S. soldiers and civilians in the Fort Pillow Massacre, April 1864.
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Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 1864.
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Sketch of the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain by Alfred Waud
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Siege of Atlanta
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Destroyed Roundhouse at Atlanta
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Confederate railroad being destroyed by U.S. forces during the Atlanta Campaign.
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Sherman's march to the sea.
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Lower Seaboard Theater
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Bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 1861.
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Battle of Fort Wagner, July 1863
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Soldiers of the
U.S. Army (right) storm a position (
Fort Wagner) of the
Confederate army (left).
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"The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground", depicting the Second Battle of Fort Wagner (1863)
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Battle of Olustee (1864)
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Battle of Olustee (1864)
Trans-Mississippi Theater and elsewhere
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Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 1861.
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Texan civilians murdered by Confederates at Gainesville, October 1862.
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American ship USS Kearsarge battling the Confederate ship CSS Alabama at Cherbourg.
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American ship, USS Monitor.
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American ironclad gunboat USS Cairo.
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American ironclad gunboat USS Choctaw.
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American timberclad gunboat USS Conestoga.
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American ship USS Cayuga, a screw steam gunboat.
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Confederate ship, CSS Atlanta.
Technology of the war
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Thaddeus S.C. Lowe's observation balloon "Intrepid" being inflated
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Lowe's observation balloon "Intrepid"
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United States Military Railroad and Lincoln's Presidential Car.
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United States Military Railroad locomotive
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Ambulance crew