Topic outline of the American Civil War

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The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war between the United States of America (the "Union") and the Southern slave states of the newly-formed Confederate States of America under Jefferson Davis. The Union included all of the free states and the five slaveholding border states and was led by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party. Republicans opposed the expansion of slavery into territories owned by the United States, and their victory in the presidential election of 1860 resulted in seven Southern states declaring their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office.James McPherson, Drawn With the Sword, from the article Who Freed the Slaves?] The Union rejected secession, regarding it as rebellion.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to the American Civil War:

Combatants of the American Civil War

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Origins of the American Civil War

* Abolition
** John Brown
** Frederick Douglass
** William Lloyd Garrison
** Lysander Spooner
** Harriet Tubman
** Underground Railroad
* Antebellum
* Bleeding Kansas
* Border states
* Secession
* Slavery
** African-Americans
** Emancipation Proclamation
** Fugitive slave laws
** Slave power
** "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
* States' rights

Theaters of the war

* Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
* Western Theater of the American Civil War
* Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War
* Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
* Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
* Union naval blockade

Campaigns of the war

* Anaconda Plan
* New Mexico Campaign
* Jackson's Valley Campaign
* Peninsula Campaign
* Northern Virginia Campaign
* Maryland Campaign
* Stones River Campaign
* Vicksburg Campaign
* Tullahoma Campaign
* Gettysburg Campaign
* Morgan's Raid
* Bristoe Campaign
* Knoxville Campaign
* Red River Campaign
* Overland Campaign
* Atlanta Campaign
* Valley Campaigns of 1864
* Bermuda Hundred Campaign
* Siege of Petersburg
* Franklin-Nashville Campaign
* Price's Raid
* Sherman's March to the Sea
* Carolinas Campaign
* Appomattox Campaign

Major battles of the war

Major battles of the American Civil War, in order of occurrence:

* Battle of Fort Sumter – April 12, 1861 and April 13, 1861
* First Battle of Bull Run – July 21, 1861
* Battle of Wilson's Creek – August 10, 1861
* Battle of Fort Donelson – February 12 to February 16, 1862
* Battle of Pea Ridge – March 7 and March 8, 1862
* Battle of Hampton Roads – March 8 1862 and March 9 1862
* Battle of Shiloh – April 6 and April 7 1862
* Battle of New Orleans – April 25 to May 1, 1862
* Battle of Seven Pines – May 31 and June 1, 1862
* Seven Days Battles –
* Second Battle of Bull Run –
* Battle of Antietam –
* Battle of Perryville –
* Battle of Fredericksburg –
* Battle of Stones River –
* Battle of Chancellorsville –
* Battle of Gettysburg –
* Battle of Vicksburg –
* Battle of Chickamauga –
* Third Battle of Chattanooga –
* Battle of the Wilderness –
* Battle of Spotsylvania Court House –
* Battle of Cold Harbor –
* Battle of Atlanta –
* Battle of Mobile Bay –
* Battle of Franklin II –
* Battle of Nashville –
* Battle of Five Forks –

Leaders during the war

American Civil War lists

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See also

* War
* Civil war

References

External links

* [http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html Declarations of Causes of Secession]
* [http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentprint=76 Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech]
* [http://www.civilwarhome.com/lincolntroops.htm Lincoln's Call for Troops]
* [http://www.civil-war.net The Civil War Home Page]
* [http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/index.html Civil War photos] at the National Archives
* [http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=198 Civil War in Virginia]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/books-title.htm Online texts of Civil War books] at the National Park Service
* [http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/generals.html University of Tennessee: U.S. Civil War Generals]
* [http://www.pbs.org/civilwar "The Civil War"] , a PBS documentary by Ken Burns
* Individual state's contributions to the Civil War: [http://www.militarymuseum.org/HistoryCW.html California] , [http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/FloridaCivilWar/index.cfm Florida] , [http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/ Illinois #1] , [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/ Illinois #2] , [http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/ Ohio] , [http://www.pacivilwar.com/ Pennsylvania]
* State declarations of the causes of secession: [http://www.civilwar.com/decms.htm Mississippi] , [http://www.civilwar.com/decga.htm Georgia] , [http://www.civilwar.com/dectx.htm Texas] , [http://www.civilwar.com/decsc.htm South Carolina]
* [http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_civ.htm Civil War Memorials in & around D.C.] (with photos)
* [http://www.vlib.us/eras/civil_war.html WWW-VL: History: USA Civil War 1855-1865]