By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war ...

In the Civil War South, joining the Confederate army was an important coming of age ... Her oldest brother, who enlisted in 1861, was “in extravagant spirits,” while her younger brothers ...

It is hard to imagine many countries where such figures would be commemorated by the very military ... Confederate commander in Charleston who opened fire on Union troops in Fort Sumpter in 1861 ...

The military encounters between Union and Confederate soldiers and between both armies and irregular combatants ... sustained process that drew people together in more ambiguous settings and outcomes.

For many, symbols of the Confederacy - the slaveholding southern states that seceded, prompting the 1861-65 American ... the names of Confederate generals from US military bases.