An American history · Told from the field
The Civil War
A nation fractured. Four years of battle. A growing visual atlas tracing the people, places, and decisions that remade the United States.
The American Civil War
A Union tested.
A nation remade.
In 1861, eleven Southern states seceded from the United States to protect a slaveholding order and formed the Confederacy. The Union fought first to preserve the nation; emancipation transformed the conflict as it grew into the deadliest war in American history.
About this atlas
This is a history built in chapters. Each battle story combines strategic movement, decisive moments, and the human cost of the field. New entries will join the archive over time.
Secession
& rupture
Emancipation
& turning point
Surrender
& reunion
Four years that changed the republic
The battle archive
Enter the field.
Every entry is a self-contained visual history. Begin with the first open volume.
April 6—7, 1862 · Tennessee
Shiloh
Two armies met in the Tennessee woods. America learned how long and bloody the war could become.
Read the story ↗The road ahead
A war in chapters.
The archive will grow across both theaters and all four years of the conflict. Shiloh is only the beginning.
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—1861
Fort Sumter
South Carolina · Eastern coast
Planned -
—1861
First Bull Run
Virginia · Eastern theater
Planned -
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1862
Shiloh
Tennessee · Western theater
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—1862
Antietam
Maryland · Eastern theater
Planned -
—1863
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania · Eastern theater
Planned -
—1863
Vicksburg
Mississippi · Western theater
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—1864
Atlanta
Georgia · Western theater
Planned -
—1865
Appomattox
Virginia · Eastern theater
Planned
1861—1865
One war · Thousands of fields