The American Civil War was the most documented war of its time, bringing a whole new perspective of the battlefield. Today the resources for these battles could fill up the Library of Congress alone making it easy to find information on just about any to
pic about the Civil War. Here is a list of battles fought by the Federals and Rebels:
Of all the soldiers who served in the Union army during the Civil War,
the largest group-almost 40 percent-was composed of young men who
were twenty-one years old or younger