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| Lincoln assassination slide c1900 - Restoration.jpg|'''[[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln]]''', by author unknown (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Lincoln assassination slide c1900 - Restoration.jpg|'''[[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln]]''', by author unknown
| Kurz and Allison - Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864.jpg|'''[[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Battle of Franklin]]''', by [[Kurz and Allison]] (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Kurz and Allison - Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864.jpg|'''[[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Battle of Franklin]]''', by [[Kurz and Allison]]
| Centreville, VA, Quaker Guns in the fort on the heights.jpg|'''[[Quaker Gun]]s''', by George Barnard and James F. Gibson (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Centreville, VA, Quaker Guns in the fort on the heights.jpg|'''[[Quaker Gun]]s''', by George Barnard and James F. Gibson
| Bixby letter facsimile.jpg|'''Lithographic facsimile of the [[Bixby letter]]''', by Huber's Museum (edited by [[user:Crisco 1492|Crisco 1492]])
| Bixby letter facsimile.jpg|'''Lithographic facsimile of the [[Bixby letter]]''', by Huber's Museum
| William McIlvaine - The Chickahominy - Sumners Upper Bridge.jpg|'''''The Chickahominy – Sumner's Upper Bridge''''' at [[Peninsula Campaign]], by William McIlvaine (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| William McIlvaine - The Chickahominy - Sumners Upper Bridge.jpg|'''''The Chickahominy – Sumner's Upper Bridge''''' at [[Peninsula Campaign]], by William McIlvaine
| Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg|'''[[Pickett's Charge]]''', by [[Thure de Thulstrup]] (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Thure de Thulstrup - L. Prang and Co. - Battle of Gettysburg - Restoration by Adam Cuerden.jpg|'''[[Pickett's Charge]]''', by [[Thure de Thulstrup]]
| Kurz & Allison - Assault on Fort Sanders.jpg|'''''[[Battle of Fort Sanders]]''''', by [[Kurz and Allison]] (restored by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Kurz & Allison - Assault on Fort Sanders.jpg|'''''[[Battle of Fort Sanders]]''''', by [[Kurz and Allison]]
| William Waud - Burning of McPhersonville 1865 - final Harper's Weekly version.jpg|'''The print version of ''Sherman in South Carolina: The burning of McPhersonville''''' at [[McPhersonville, South Carolina]], by [[William Waud]] (restored by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| William Waud - Burning of McPhersonville 1865 - final Harper's Weekly version.jpg|'''The print version of ''Sherman in South Carolina: The burning of McPhersonville''''' at [[McPhersonville, South Carolina]], by [[William Waud]]
| William Waud - Burning of McPhersonville 1865 - original sketch.jpg|'''The original sketch of ''Sherman in South Carolina: The burning of McPhersonville''''', at and by [[William Waud]] (restored by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| William Waud - Burning of McPhersonville 1865 - original sketch.jpg|'''The original sketch of ''Sherman in South Carolina: The burning of McPhersonville''''', at and by [[William Waud]]
| Battle of Spottsylvania by Thure de Thulstrup.jpg|'''[[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]]''', by [[Thure de Thulstrup]], restored by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]]
| Battle of Spottsylvania by Thure de Thulstrup.jpg|'''[[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]]''', by [[Thure de Thulstrup]]
| Andersonvillesurvivor.jpg|'''[[Andersonville National Historic Site|Andersonville]] survivor''', author unknown (restored by [[User:Jujutacular|Jujutacular]])
| Andersonvillesurvivor.jpg|'''[[Andersonville National Historic Site|Andersonville]] survivor''', author unknown
| Andersonville Prison.jpg|'''Andersonville Prison''' at [[Andersonville National Historic Site]], by John L. Ransom (restored by [[User:Jujutacular|Jujutacular]])
| Andersonville Prison.jpg|'''Andersonville Prison''' at [[Andersonville National Historic Site]], by John L. Ransom
| John Reynolds death 2.jpg|'''[[John F. Reynolds]]''', by [[Alfred Waud|Alfred Rudolph Waud]] (edited by [[User:Jujutacular|Jujutacular]] and [[User:Papa Lima Whiskey|Papa Lima Whiskey]])
| John Reynolds death 2.jpg|'''[[John F. Reynolds]]''', by [[Alfred Waud|Alfred Rudolph Waud]]
| Kennesaw bombardment2.jpg|'''[[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]]''', by [[Alfred Waud]] (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| Kennesaw bombardment2.jpg|'''[[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]]''', by [[Alfred Waud]]
| The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865.jpg|'''The burning of Columbia''' at [[Columbia, South Carolina in the American Civil War]], by [[William Waud]] (edited by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865.jpg|'''The burning of Columbia''' at [[Columbia, South Carolina in the American Civil War]], by [[William Waud]]
| Conf dead chancellorsville edit1.jpg|'''Confederate casualties at Chancellorsville''' during the [[American Civil War]], by the [[National Archives and Records Administration]] (edited by [[User:Mfield|Mfield]])
| Conf dead chancellorsville edit1.jpg|'''Confederate casualties at Chancellorsville''' during the [[American Civil War]], by the [[National Archives and Records Administration]]
| Atlanta roundhouse ruin3.jpg|'''Atlanta roundhouse ruin''' at [[History of Atlanta]], by George Barnard (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| Atlanta roundhouse ruin3.jpg|'''Atlanta roundhouse ruin''' at [[History of Atlanta]], by George Barnard
| Richmond Virginia damage2.jpg|'''[[Richmond in the American Civil War]]''', by Andrew J. Russell (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| Richmond Virginia damage2.jpg|'''[[Richmond in the American Civil War]]''', by Andrew J. Russell
| First Manassas map2.jpg|'''[[First Battle of Bull Run]] map''', author unknown (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| First Manassas map2.jpg|'''[[First Battle of Bull Run]] map''', author unknown
| Yorktown artillery2.jpg|'''[[Siege of Yorktown (1862)|Siege of Yorktown]]''', by James F. Gibson (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| Yorktown artillery2.jpg|'''[[Siege of Yorktown (1862)|Siege of Yorktown]]''', by James F. Gibson
| Attack on Harper's Ferrypass5.jpg|'''[[Battle of Harpers Ferry]]''', by [[Robert Knox Sneden]] (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| Attack on Harper's Ferrypass5.jpg|'''[[Battle of Harpers Ferry]]''', by [[Robert Knox Sneden]]
| DutchGapb.jpg|'''[[United States Colored Troops|African-American Civil War soldiers]]''', author unknown (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| DutchGapb.jpg|'''[[United States Colored Troops|African-American Civil War soldiers]]''', author unknown
| PinkertonLincolnMcClernand.jpg|'''Allan Pinkerton, [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]], and John A. McClernand in 1862''' by [[Alexander Gardner (photographer)|Alexander Gardner]]
| PinkertonLincolnMcClernand.jpg|'''Allan Pinkerton, [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]], and John A. McClernand in 1862''' by [[Alexander Gardner (photographer)|Alexander Gardner]]
| Portrait of Commander C. R. Perry Rodgers, officer of the Federal Navy LOC cwpb.05822- Restored2.jpg|'''[[Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers]]''', author unknown (restored by [[user:Eddie891|Eddie891]])
| Portrait of Commander C. R. Perry Rodgers, officer of the Federal Navy LOC cwpb.05822- Restored2.jpg|'''[[Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers]]''', author unknown
| Admiral John Dahlgren - NARA - 528718 edit.jpg|'''[[John A. Dahlgren]]''', by [[Mathew Brady]] (restored by [[user:Jebulon|Jebulon]]
| Admiral John Dahlgren - NARA - 528718 edit.jpg|'''[[John A. Dahlgren]]''', by [[Mathew Brady]]
| Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery.jpg|'''[[Daniel McCallum]]''', by the Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Daniel Craig McCallum by The Brady National Photographic Art Gallery.jpg|'''[[Daniel McCallum]]''', by the Brady National Photographic Art Gallery
| William Birney.jpg|'''[[William Birney]]''', author unknown (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
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| Sgt Major Christian Fleetwood - American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient - Restoration.jpg|'''[[Christian Fleetwood]]''', author unknown (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Sgt Major Christian Fleetwood - American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient - Restoration.jpg|'''[[Christian Fleetwood]]''', author unknown
| Levin C. Handy - General Robert E. Lee in May 1869.jpg|'''[[Robert E. Lee]]''', by [[Levin Corbin Handy]] (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Levin C. Handy - General Robert E. Lee in May 1869.jpg|'''[[Robert E. Lee]]''', by [[Levin Corbin Handy]]
| Braxton Bragg.jpg|'''[[Braxton Bragg]]''', author unknown (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
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| John Lorimer Worden - Mathew Brady - left photograph.jpg|'''[[John Lorimer Worden]]''', by [[Mathew Brady]] (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| John Lorimer Worden - Mathew Brady - left photograph.jpg|'''[[John Lorimer Worden]]''', by [[Mathew Brady]]
| David Dixon Porter - Mathew Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery.jpg|'''[[David Dixon Porter]]''', by [[Mathew Brady]] (restored by [[user:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| David Dixon Porter - Mathew Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery.jpg|'''[[David Dixon Porter]]''', by [[Mathew Brady]]
| Ulysses S. Grant from West Point to Appomattox.jpg|'''[[Ulysses S. Grant]]''', by [[Thure de Thulstrup]] (edited by [[:commons:User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])
| Ulysses S. Grant from West Point to Appomattox.jpg|'''[[Ulysses S. Grant]]''', by [[Thure de Thulstrup]]
| Ambrose Burnside2.jpg|'''[[Ambrose Burnside]]''', by [[Matthew Brady]] (edited by [[User:Mvuijlst|Mvuijlst]])
| Ambrose Burnside2.jpg|'''[[Ambrose Burnside]]''', by [[Matthew Brady]]
| Charles P. Stone2b.jpg|'''[[Charles Pomeroy Stone]]''', author unknown (edited by [[User:Mvuijlst|Mvuijlst]])
| Charles P. Stone2b.jpg|'''[[Charles Pomeroy Stone]]''', author unknown
| George Atzerodt2.jpg|'''[[George Atzerodt]]''', by [[Alexander Gardner (photographer)|Alexander Gardner]] (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| George Atzerodt2.jpg|'''[[George Atzerodt]]''', by [[Alexander Gardner (photographer)|Alexander Gardner]]
| Harriet Tubman late in life3.jpg|'''[[Harriet Tubman]]''', author unknown (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| Harriet Tubman late in life3.jpg|'''[[Harriet Tubman]]''', author unknown
| Doubledayo.jpg|'''[[Abner Doubleday]]''', author unknown (edited by [[User:Durova|Durova]])
| Doubledayo.jpg|'''[[Abner Doubleday]]''', author unknown
| CharlesGriffin.jpg|'''[[Charles Griffin]]''', author unknown
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| G a custer.jpg|'''[[George Armstrong Custer]]''', by George L. Andrews
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The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a sectional rebellion against the United States of America by the Confederate States, formed of eleven southern states' governments which moved to secede from the Union after the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. The Union's victory was eventually achieved by leveraging advantages in population, manufacturing and logistics and through a strategic naval blockade denying the Confederacy access to the world's markets.

In many ways, the conflict's central issues – the enslavement of African Americans, the role of constitutional federal government, and the rights of states  – are still not completely resolved. Not surprisingly, the Confederate army's surrender at Appomattox on April 9,1865 did little to change many Americans' attitudes toward the potential powers of central government. The passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution in the years immediately following the war did not change the racial prejudice prevalent among Americans of the day; and the process of Reconstruction did not heal the deeply personal wounds inflicted by four brutal years of war and more than 970,000 casualties – 3 percent of the population, including approximately 560,000 deaths. As a result, controversies affected by the war's unresolved social, political, economic and racial tensions continue to shape contemporary American thought. The causes of the war, the reasons for the outcome, and even the name of the war itself are subjects of much discussion even today. (Full article)

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USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned by the Navy. Monitor played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March under the command of Lieutenant John L. Worden, where she fought the casemate ironclad CSS Virginia (built on the hull of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack) to a stalemate. The design of the ship was distinguished by its revolving turret, which was designed by American inventor Theodore Timby; it was quickly duplicated and established the monitor class and type of armored warship built for the American Navy over the next several decades.

The remainder of the ship was designed by Swedish-born engineer and inventor John Ericsson, and built in only 101 days in Brooklyn, New York, on the East River beginning in late 1861. Monitor presented a new concept in ship design and employed a variety of new inventions and innovations in ship building that caught the attention of the world. The impetus to build Monitor was prompted by the news that the Confederates had raised the scuttled Merrimack and were building an iron-plated armored vessel named the Virginia on her hull in the old Federal naval shipyard at Gosport, near Norfolk, that could effectively engage the Union ships blockading Hampton Roads harbor and the James River leading northwest to Richmond (capital of the Confederacy). They could ultimately advance unchallenged on Washington, D.C., up the Potomac River and other seacoast cities. Before Monitor could reach Hampton Roads, the Confederate ironclad had already destroyed the sail frigates USS Cumberland and USS Congress and had run the steam frigate USS Minnesota aground. That night, Monitor arrived and, just as Virginia set to finish off Minnesota and St. Lawrence on the second day, the new Union ironclad confronted the Confederate ship, preventing her from wreaking further destruction on the wooden Union ships. A four-hour battle ensued, each ship pounding the other with close-range cannon fire, although neither ship could destroy or seriously damage the other. This was the first battle fought between armored warships and marked a turning point in naval warfare. (Full article...)

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Civil War-era military outposts in the Pacific Northwest

At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Oregon had no organised militia and had sold most of the equipment bought for the Rogue River Wars. The state's governor, John Whiteaker, was pro-slavery and opposed to Oregon's involvement in the conflict. As such, it was only in late 1862 with a new governor that the state raised any troops: the 1st Oregon Cavalry served until June 1865.

During the Civil War, emigrants to the newfound gold fields in Idaho and Oregon continued to clash with the Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock tribes of Oregon, Idaho and Nevada until relations degenerated into the bloody 1864–1868 Snake War. The 1st Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment was formed in 1864 and its last company was mustered out of service in July 1867. Both units were used to guard travel routes and Indian reservations, escort emigrant wagon trains, and protect settlers from Indian raiders. Several infantry detachments also accompanied survey parties and built roads in central and southern Oregon. (Full article...)

William Franklin Raynolds (March 17, 1820 – October 18, 1894) was an American explorer, engineer and U.S. army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. He is best known for leading the 1859–60 Raynolds Expedition while serving as a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers.

During the 1850s and again after his participation in the Civil War, Raynolds was the head engineer on numerous lighthouse construction projects. He oversaw riverway and harbor dredging projects intended to improve accessibility and navigation for shipping. As a cartographer, Raynolds surveyed and mapped the islands and shorelines on the Great Lakes and other regions. At least six lighthouses whose construction he oversaw are still standing. Some are still in use and of these, several are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Full article...)

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