What happened to Confederate money after the Civil War? – Ray G., 12, Arlington, Virginia At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money ...

In the summer of 1863, however, Confederate soldiers bound for Gettysburg ... four years between the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861 and the surrender at Appomattox in April 1865.

and with other Confederate ships lurking nearby, his skills would be tested like never before if he were to reach the Union ships -- which had been accepting runaway slaves since September 1861 ...

It was 1861, and war had broken out on American soil. With grievances over government representation, federal overreach, and slave ownership, several southern states seceded from the Union to form ...

One of Florida's many ghost towns was founded by its twelfth governor, who was also a magnate in the lumber business. The ...

Of course, Lincoln paid the ultimate price when he was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth ... From the firing at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, precipitating the beginning of ...