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See also: List of American Civil War topics
The following list is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War:
Combatants[]
File:US flag 34 stars.svg The Union (USA) aka "The North" · Union Army · Union Navy
- vs.
The Confederacy (CSA) aka "The South" · Confederate States Army · Confederate States Navy
Origins[]
Main article: Origins of the American Civil War
- Abolition
- John Brown
- Frederick Douglass
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Lysander Spooner
- Harriet Tubman
- Underground Railroad
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- Missouri Compromise
- Nullification Crisis
- Compromise of 1850
- Antebellum era
- Bleeding Kansas
- Border states
- Secession
- Slavery
- African-Americans
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Fugitive slave laws
- Slave power
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- States' rights
Theaters[]
- 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[]
Main article: American Civil War Campaigns
- 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[]
Main article: List of American Civil War battles
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 – June 25 to July 1, 1862
- Second Battle of Bull Run – August 28 to August 30, 1862
- Battle of Antietam – September 17, 1862
- Battle of Perryville – October 8, 1862
- Battle of Fredericksburg – December 11 to December 15, 1862
- Battle of Stones River – December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863
- Battle of Chancellorsville – April 30 to May 6, 1863
- Battle of Gettysburg – July 1 to July 3, 1863
- Battle of Vicksburg – May 19 to July 4, 1863
- Battle of Chickamauga – September 19 to September 20, 1863
- Third Battle of Chattanooga – November 23 to November 25, 1863
- Battle of the Wilderness – May 5 to May 7, 1864
- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – May 8 to May 21, 1864
- Battle of Cold Harbor – May 31 to June 3, 1864
- Battle of Atlanta – July 22, 1864
- Battle of Mobile Bay – August 5, 1864
- Battle of Franklin II – November 30, 1864
- Battle of Nashville – December 15 to December 16, 1864
- Battle of Five Forks – April 1, 1865
See also[]
- War
- Civil war
References[]
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