American Civil War: 1861-1865. In 1860, the South Seceeded from the Union. In 1861 Fort Sumpter was fired upon by Confederate forces in Charlston Harbour, South Carolina, thus starting the war. The...
The American Civil War was a clash between two regions that acted like two separate countries. The men in the ranks were not especially interested in the ideological (slavery) question. The Union...
No.But it is possible to see the two sides in the English Civil War (Royalists and Parliamentarians) popping up again as Confederate and Union. In some cases, there was actual blood-descent.When the...