Civil War Era dates?

Question

I know that the Civil War lasted from 1861-1865, but what are usually the start and end dates of the Civil War Era? From what I've gathered so far, it seems to be credited as 1840's to the 1870's. Any dates would really help. Thank you all.

Answer 1

I believe because of the influence of The Misspouri Compromise you could begin it in 1820 or ypou could go back as far as the Constitution being instituted and ratified or you go back as far as 1619 when the first slaves were brought to America. But looking back at this reasonably I would begin it at the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and end it at Reconstruction ending in1877.

Answer 2

What you are talking about is what led up to the Civil War and the aftermath.

The political situation in the late 1840's and 18-50's led up to hostilities that started in 1861.

The war ended in 1865, or more correctly hostilities, when Lee surrendered at Appomattox. But that was just the start of "Reconstruction" that lasted into the 1870's. The aftermath of the Civil War created very hard times for the south and led to segregation of blacks.


So the period 1840-1870 would define the era that produced the civil war and its aftermath.



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Answer 3

Started on:
April 12, 1861: Fighting commenced when Confederate forces attacked a United States (federal) military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, the first state to secede.

Ended on:
April 9, 1865: The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia by Robert Edward Lee at Appomattox Court House is generally taken as the end of the Confederate States (thus, the end of the Civil War)

Several important dates regarding the end of the Civil War:

April 26, 1865: After learning of Robert Edward Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Joseph Eggleston Johnston surrendered his army to William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina, despite orders to the contrary from Jefferson Davis.

May 5, 1865: Jefferson Davis met with his Confederate Cabinet for the last time in Washington, Georgia, and the Confederate Government was officially dissolved.

June 23, 1865: At Fort Towson in the Choctaw Nations' area of the Oklahoma Territory, Stand Watie signed a cease-fire agreement with Union representatives, becoming the last Confederate general on the field to stand down.

November 4, 1865: The last Confederate naval force to surrender was the CSS Shenandoah, in Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

General Stand Watie was the only Native American on either side to rise to a brigadier general's
rank during the war. On June 25, 1865, two months after Robert E. Lee's surrender,
he officially surrendered his command of the First Indian Brigade, C.S.A to federal
authorities at Doaksville near Fort Towson in the Choctaw Nation.

He was the last Confederate general in the field to surrender.

Hostilities began in Kanasas, known as Bloody Kansas, around May 21, 1856. John Brown would be in the center of this by June of that year.

Answer 5

well pretty much what pissed off the johnny rebs was when Lincoln was elected and that was the last straw so the south just left us because they couldn't handle having somebody they didn't like as a leader so they formed their own government and country we still had a fort in south Carolina that was a little island thing that was like the only thing still owned by the union so we tryed to get a transport thing so we could put more troops there but they caught us and bombarded. 2 key battles happened in the same day [the Vicksburg fort] which was taken in like the first couple days of July like thee 3 and 4th of July and Gettysburg which ended on the 3rd these very important battles both happened in 1863 Vicksburg was taken which guaranteed that we pretty much could squeeze the confederacy because we had total control of the Mississippi river and Gettysburg made it so the British wouldn't help the south so here on out the union was pretty much gonna win the war. the surrender at Appomattox courthouse was on April 9Th 1865

Answer 6

A girl would most probably marry in her late teens or early twenties. And she would not be considered as a 'mouth to feed' as the comment above suggests, on the contrary, women did a lot of useful work on farms, and their contribution would not be considered valueless. Especially during the war when th emen were away and women were left to run the farms and plantations on their own. However, the daughter of a plantation owner would be expected to marry a young man of her own class, and certainly white. A romance between her and a slave would be considered a shocking thing. It would almost certainly end in tragedy, so perhaps it is not an unsuitable subject for a Romeo and Juliet type story. Of course, they might run away together perhaps and go out west, where social taboos were not quite so strong, but even there there was discrimination against black people.

Answer 7

1861-1865

Answer 8

Specific dates are hard to nail down. It is easy to say it all started with bombardments of Ft. Sumter. But that is an over simplification. Starts are usually many smaller incidents that build to the big events and the reverse when it ends. Emphasis should not be put on precise dates for such things.