Civil War Battlefields - Gettysburg / Wilderness / Spotsylvania / Appomattox
- The American Civil War (1861-1865) is one of the greatest conflicts in the history of mankind, and the bloodiest and saddest war in American history..
- What began as a bitter dispute over union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. It saw the end of slavery..
- It inspired men who had never strayed far from their own front doors to become soldiers in great armies, and to fight in epic battles hundreds of miles from home..
- It was the first modern war and the costliest, yielding at least 600,000 casualties and unprecedented domestic suffering, both spiritually and physically..
- As a defining moment in United States history, our Civil War has no equal, which is why it remains such a fascinating subject even today..