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Civil War and Reconstruction history, honestly told
A factual guide to the American Civil War and Reconstruction, grounded in primary sources - what caused the war, how it was fought, and what followed. Slavery is named plainly as the war's central cause; this is not a Lost Cause site.
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The Civil War and Reconstruction
Primary-source history of the war's cause, course, and aftermath.
Causes of the war
- The Cornerstone Speech, 1861 — Confederate VP Alexander Stephens stated the Confederacy's foundation rested on white supremacy and slavery.
- Secession declarations — Multiple states' own declarations of secession cited protecting slavery as their primary reason.
- Missouri Compromise and Kansas-Nebraska Act — Legislative fights over extending slavery into new territories that deepened sectional conflict.
The war itself
- Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 — The war's bloodiest battle and a turning point against the Confederacy.
- Battle of Antietam, 1862 — The single bloodiest day in American military history.
- Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 — Lincoln's order declaring enslaved people in Confederate states free.
Reconstruction and legacy
- 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments — Constitutional amendments abolishing slavery and establishing citizenship and voting rights.
- Black Codes and Jim Crow — Laws enacted after the war to re-impose racial subjugation.
- The Lost Cause myth — A postwar propaganda movement historians have thoroughly documented and rejected.
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