The Civil War

The end of slavery. The beginning of a new era. The biggest conflict ever to happen on American soil. What caused the Civil War and how did it change the United States?

Slavery and the Missouri Compromise

Increasing political battles over slavery in the mid-1800s

Start of the Civil War - secession and Fort Sumter

Strategy of the Civil War

Early phases of Civil War and Antietam

Significance of the battle of Antietam

The battle of Gettysburg

The Gettysburg Address - setting and context

Photographing the Battle of Gettysburg, O'Sullivan's Harvest of Death

The Gettysburg Address - full text and analysis

Later stages of the Civil War - 1863

Later stages of the Civil War - the election of 1864 and Sherman's March

Later stages of the Civil War - Appomattox and Lincoln's assassination

Big takeaways from the Civil War

The Civil War