Curated playlist
American Civil War by state
- Louisiana in the American Civil WarLouisiana in the American Civil War begins with a single city, New Orleans, the largest city in the South. The state sat in the southwest of the Confederate States of America, and it controlled that wealthy trade center. It also brought…
- Indian Territory in the American Civil WarThe last Confederate general to surrender was Cherokee leader Stand Watie. He gave up at Doaksville on June 23, 1865.
- Arkansas in the American Civil WarArkansas in the American Civil War begins with a lopsided vote. On the 6th of May 1861, a convention meeting in Little Rock passed the ordinance of secession by 69 to 1. Less than three months earlier, the state's voters had sent mostly…
- Maryland in the American Civil WarIn seven Maryland counties in 1860, Abraham Lincoln got not a single vote. Yet the state stayed in the Union.
- New Mexico Territory in the American Civil WarA burned supply train forced the Confederate army out of New Mexico Territory.
- North Carolina in the American Civil WarNorth Carolina voted in February 1861 to stay in the Union, then joined the Confederacy.
- South Carolina in the American Civil WarRobert Smalls, born enslaved, sailed a Confederate ship out of Charleston Harbor to the Union.
- Georgia in the American Civil WarGeorgia's secession convention made every delegate sign a pledge, however they had voted.
- Mississippi in the American Civil WarMississippi Confederates deserted in such numbers that whole counties slipped out of Confederate control.
- Alabama in the American Civil WarSelma's niter works asked housewives to save their chamber pots. Urine was a usable source of nitrogen for gunpowder.
- Florida in the American Civil WarFlorida helped the Confederacy more as a pantry than as a battlefield. Cattle and salt fed its armies.
- Tennessee in the American Civil WarTennessee voted against secession in February 1861, then joined the Confederacy four months later.
- Texas in the American Civil WarThe last battle of the Civil War was fought in Texas, more than a month after Lee surrendered.
- Virginia in the American Civil WarNine days after its convention voted 88 to 45 against secession, Richmond fired a 100-gun salute.
- Washington, D.C., in the American Civil WarWashington became the first place in the U.S. to abolish slavery. It happened in April 1862.
- West Virginia in the American Civil WarWest Virginia is the only state in American history to have declared its independence from the Confederacy.