Historians and history buffs alike discuss the American Civil War in terms of the Union and Confederate Armies or ... recognized theaters of war from 1861-1865: Eastern Theater, which included ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- had split from the Union. The seceded states created the Confederate States of America and ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. The war ...