Confederate States of America: Did you mean...?

Confederate dead in the trenches of Fort Mahone at the end of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Confederate fortifications at Fort Mahone during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Confederate soldiers advance through the woods toward the Union lines at the Battle of Chickamauga (19-20 Sept 1863), drawing on paper by Alfred R. Waud, 1863. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, the hero of Petersburg, who held off overwhelming Union troops, buying time for Robert E. Lee. Retouched version of a photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1860. National Archives and Records...

Confederate General Braxton Bragg, photograph by an unknown photographer, c. 1861-65, restoration by Adam Cuerden. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Dead Confederate in the trenches of Fort Mahone at the end of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Hear about what American was like before Whitey showed up in all of its diverse complexity. But I'll also talk about the Age of Exploration, Whitey's arrival in America, and the great Columbian Exchange.

The Battle of the Wilderness (5-6 May 1864) was the opening engagement of the Overland Campaign, a major Union offensive conducted during the final year of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It saw the Union Army of the Potomac, under Ulysses...

In 1846, graduates of West Point Military Academy were deployed to fight in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Less than 20 years later, many now wearing different uniforms, they would meet again as adversaries in the American Civil War...

In early 1861, the United States entered the most severe constitutional and political crisis in its history. The election of Abraham Lincoln (president 1861–1865) triggered a wave of secessions beginning with South Carolina in December 1860...