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The Civil War used the advances of the Industrial Revolution to foster great changes in industrial and technological development. Both the North and the South made use of advances in railroad and riverine transportation. The Union, however, was far...

The outbreak of the Civil War on April 12, 1861, created a major civil liberties crisis. Although President Abraham Lincoln never formally declared war, he used his authority as commander in chief to expand the powers of the presidency. Even before...

Gender relationships and sexual behavior were well prescribed throughout much of the nineteenth century. White men controlled the economic, legal, and political structure of the nation. Women could not vote; their educational opportunities were...

Scholars debate how much influence the Civil War had on clothing and how much impact clothing had on the Civil War. One argument contends that women's participation in the war effort stimulated reform in their apparel; another insists, with some...

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...

Religion and the American Civil War. Edited by Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout, and Charles Reagan Wilson. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp. xiv, 422. Paper, $24.00, ISBN 0-19-512129-5; cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-19-512128-7.) This book of splendid essays...

The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture. Edited by Alice Fahs and Joan Waugh. Civil War America. (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, c. 2004. Pp. [x ], 286. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-80785572-3; cloth, $59.95, ISBN 0-8078-2907-2.) The...

More than 140 years after Civil War cannons fell silent, two museums in Richmond are offering very different views of the war between the states.The century-old Museum of the Confederacy offers a more single-minded approach to the war. Red, white and blue battle flags from...

Like almost everyone in this village, pharmacist Henry Welles joined the jubilant crowds at welcome-home parades for Civil War soldiers in 1865. It got him thinking that a solemn day to memorialize those who didn't make it back alive also was needed.His idea took root...

At several points during the Civil War in the United States, the conflict could have turned either way. However, the Union enjoyed several advantages over the Confederacy that helped it eventually to emerge victorious. These advantages included industrial and military superiority, better infrastructure, a larger population, and a centralized, strong Federal government.

This essay is about the primary innovations of the Civil War.

Describes differences between northern and southern states in the United States just prior to the Civil War. Explains how these societies had little common ground, with different economic and social structures and were divided by the issue of slavery.