Before the war. Before the Civil War, President James Buchanan took a weak position amid a looming South secession crisis. Secretary of State Lewis Cass of Michigan, a 78-year-old elder statesman who had been Michigan's U.S. senator and governor of Michigan Territory, resigned from Buchanan's cabinet in protest, remarking that "he had seen the Constitution born and now …

The American Expeditionary Force, North Russia (AEF in North Russia) (also known as the Polar Bear Expedition) was a contingent of about 5,000 United States Army troops that landed in Arkhangelsk, Russia as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.It fought the Red Army in the surrounding region during the period of September 1918 through to July 1919.

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This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States and the Confederate States (Confederate States Army).The border states had both Confederate and Union units, and in many of the Confederate states …

Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling Confederate States of America.The first shots against the Federal government were those fired there by cadets of the Citadel to stop a ship from resupplying the Federally held Fort Sumter.Three months later, the bombardment of …

The Civil War: A NarrativeAmerican Civil War by Shelby Foote. Although previously known as a novelist, Foote is most famous for this non-fictional narrative history.While it touches on political and social themes, the main thrust of the work is military history.The individual volumes include Fort Sumter to Perryville (1958), Fredericksburg to Meridian (1963), and Red River to …

Civil War: Front Line is an 11-issue, limited series tie-in to Marvel Comics's Civil War event which started in August 2006.. Part of the story is told from the perspective of two reporters embedded in the opposite camps of the war. Ben Urich follows the stories on Iron Man's side with the pro-registration heroes, while Sally Floyd investigates the anti-registration faction headed …

Civil War is a power metal band from Falun, Sweden formed in 2012 by several former members of Sabaton.The band adopted the same lyrical themes of war and historical battles that were characteristic of Sabaton. However, unlike Sabaton, many of Civil War's songs focus on American history and conflicts, whereas Sabaton's songs are primarily about European history …

Perhaps the most widely known officer from Maine to today's generation is Brewer native Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, whose exploits in defending Little Round Top during the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg were celebrated in the book Killer Angels and the corresponding 1993 film Gettysburg.His subordinate officers, including Ellis Spear and Holman S. Melcher, and the men …

This article provides a list of Michigan military units active during the American Civil War.As a northern state, Michigan was part of the Union, and its units were active during the entire length of the war.Units included the Michigan Brigade (known as the "Wolverines"), which served under George Armstrong Custer during the Gettysburg Campaign.

The Civil War is a musical written by Gregory Boyd and Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Jack Murphy and music by Wildhorn. The musical centers on the American Civil War, with the musical numbers portraying the war through Union, Confederate, and slave viewpoints. The musical was nominated for two Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical.Its styles include …

Nevada's entry into statehood in the United States on October 31, 1864, in the midst of the American Civil War, was expedited by Union sympathizers in order to ensure the state's participation in the 1864 presidential election in support of President Abraham Lincoln.Thus Nevada became one of only two states admitted to the Union during the war (the other being …

During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifle was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two …

The following is a list of U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia ranked by the proportion of African Americans of full or partial descent including those of Hispanic origin, in the population. However, if the list was to include only those of full black ancestry as in previous censuses, the percentage would have been 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010.