Civil war

In the spring of  1861 Confederates and the Unions went to war Over Susession, because the Union wanted to abolish slavey. The election of the anti-slavery Republican. The president Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused seven Confederate states to brake apart from the Untited States. Four more states joined them after the first shots were fired. Four years of brutal war caused somehistoric battles at Bull Run, Antiettam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg.The war was known as brother agianst brother and neighboor agianst neighboor.The Confederates surrendered in 1865 with 620,000 of  2.4 million soldiers killed, million more were injured and the territory of the south was devastated. This was the last war to use a drummer boy.

The Battle of Gettysburg


Spring field 1842
It was manufactured 1844-1855 as a
primary military wepon

The battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was fought july 1-3, 1863. This battle caused the most deaths of any other battle during this war.The Union won this war

The Model 1861 colt nav  revolver

36-cailiber revolver was a
six shot , single-action 
manufactured 1861-1873