The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (“the North”) and the Confederacy (“the South”), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction.
The Civil War is one of the most extensively studied and written about episodes in U.S. history. It was among the first wars to use industrial warfare. Railroads, the telegraph, steamships, the ironclad warship, and mass-produced weapons were all widely used during the war. In total, the war left between 620,000 and 750,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of civilian casualties, making the Civil War the deadliest military conflict in American history.
Here below is a colorized photo collection of Civil War Faces from Terry Ballard provided by the Library of Congress that captured portraits of American Civil War soldiers.
3 unidentified men in Union uniforms, plus two other unidentified
African American Union sergeant
Boynton Brothers of Beaufort, South Carolina
Captain Jesse Sharpe Barnes, F Company, 4th North Carolina Infantry in frock coat and hat
Confederate soldier wearingConfederate uniform with Company C, 11th Virginia Regiment slouch hat
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