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From 1861 to 1865, The Union faced secessionists in 11 Southern states grouped together as the Confederacy. It was the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history.

History

As photography developed during the Civil War period, photographers captured the conflict, confusion, and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/civil-war-hygiene/setareh-janda" target="_blank">harsh realities of wa</a>r - and offered a glimpse into the intangible damage it did to the American psyche.

Some of the most haunting Civil War photographs capture&nbsp;the human responses to conflict&nbsp;and its aftermath. Other photos reveal the devastation&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/photos-from-civil-war-battles/aaron-edwards" target="_blank">on the battlefield itself</a>. And then there are the images&nbsp;that depict the unmerciful new reality&nbsp;for soldiers and non-combatants alike. Put yourself in these photos, and it&#39;s genuinely unsettling. Which ones haunt you the most?

Hygiene

What was hygiene like during the Civil War? By contemporary standards, it was pretty grim for both Union and Confederate troops. Confronted by unsanitary living conditions and the ever-present risk of disease, many soldiers were unwittingly locked in a fight not only for the nation&nbsp;but their own health as well.

The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865, before the advent of antiseptics or a full understanding of how diseases spread. Consequently,&nbsp;its campsites&nbsp;and medical procedures were breeding grounds for bacteria. Though <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-was-hygiene-like-medieval-castle/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">better than medieval hygiene</a>, Civil War hygiene was more than just a cleanliness issue. It&nbsp;led to hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been prevented in a later era.

The first large-scale American conflict to occur after the invention of the photograph, the Civil War was left behind some very interesting and grim photographic records. Civil War photos show both the Union and Confederate sides of the battle, and both look very similar. America&rsquo;s Civil War pitted state against state and brother against brother in a conflict that the bloodiest in America&#39;s&nbsp;entire history. Much of that bloodshed is visible in the photos below, taken in the aftermath of <a href="/list/modern-photos-of-historic-battlefields/gordon-cameron" target="_blank">major battles</a> that shaped our country forever.

Where <a href="/list/best-american-civil-war-paintings/ranker-art" target="_blank">Civil War paintings </a>focused more on the feelings of the events, photography allowed for more immediate moments. Photos show valiant soldiers manning their positions and doing their duties on both land and sea. They used powerful weapons like the maxim gun and mortars that previous generations would never have been able to dream of, and that took a terrible toll on our nation. If you want to see more, check out the photos below.&nbsp;

Old Stuff

Survival during war is often about more than just time spent on the front lines. During the Civil War, finding sufficient, edible&nbsp;food&nbsp;was challenging on account of a devastated landscape, insufficient labor&nbsp;after farmers went off to fight, as well as blockades and barricades preventing access to much-needed provisions.&nbsp;

Much like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/gross-food-that-american-settlers-ate/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">settlers headed out West</a> during the expansion of the United States or millions of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/food-during-the-great-depression/kellen-perry" target="_blank">poverty-stricken individuals</a> impacted by the Great Depression, Civil War soldiers and their civilian counterparts resorted to whatever they could find to eat. Sometimes the results were&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disgusting-conditions-in-historical-meatpacking-plants/laura-allan" target="_blank">gnarly and out of the norm</a>&nbsp;when viewed through a modern lens.

The following&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/disgusting-conditions-in-historical-meatpacking-plants/laura-allan" target="_blank">recipes</a> reflect the creativity men and women undertook in the kitchen and at the campfire. From alternative forms of coffee to cakes of all kinds, you may not believe some of the things people actually ate.&nbsp;

Explainer

Racism in America didn&#39;t end with the Civil War. Though the Reconstruction Era&nbsp;- a period from 1865 to 1877, in which a Republican-led US&nbsp;government attempted to rehabilitate the former Confederate states and incorporate <a href="/list/how-did-the-freeing-of-the-slaves-work/kellen-perry">newly freed slaves</a> into the nation - brought about fundamental political rights for a segment of the population that had been enslaved, it also ushered in a period&nbsp;of racial violence and segregation known as&nbsp;the Jim Crow era,&nbsp;which lasted until the 1960s.

The Jim Crow era perpetuated&nbsp;racism in America, and life for Black Americans after the Civil War was dangerous. For many Black Americans, true freedom&nbsp;didn&#39;t become&nbsp;reality, and&nbsp;new challenges arose. In both law and custom, white Americans attempted to exclude, oppress, and limit the rights of Black Americans. This post-Civil War racism was as heinous as it was unbelievable, especially since some of the ways racism was kept alive mimicked or drew from the very slave system the Civil War had officially ended.

But this&nbsp;story is not just one of oppressors and the oppressed. Though the Jim Crow era is certainly a heartbreaking, violent chapter in African American history, it is also a story of resistance and activism for many men and women who suffered under it. Like <a href="/list/harriet-tubman-facts/mike-rothschild">Harriet Tubman</a> in the antebellum and war years, or slaves who assisted the Union Army as <a href="/list/civil-war-spy-stories/setareh-janda">Civil War spies</a>, Black Americans during the Jim Crow era also challenged&nbsp;racism&nbsp;in subtle, important ways.

True, most of the Jim Crow laws were in the South. But racism existed across the country, and wasn&#39;t confined to states that&nbsp;rebelled in the 1860s. Racism was not just a Southern problem -&nbsp;it was an American one.

Ghosts

Of all the Civil War ghost stories, the tales from Gettysburg, PA, are some of the scariest and most intense. Considering the site housed one of the worst battles of the war, it makes sense that thousands of lost, angry, and hurt souls may have been left behind.The Battle of Gettysburg lasted from July 1-3, 1863,&nbsp;and pitted Confederate General <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-robert-e-lee-battles/reference" target="_blank">Robert E. Lee</a>&nbsp;against Union General <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-george-meade-battles/reference" target="_blank">George G. Meade</a>. More than 50,000 soldiers&nbsp;lost their lives, and countless more were injured or went missing during&nbsp;battleWhile&nbsp;it gave the Union a victory that many historians consider to be the great&nbsp;turning point in the war,&nbsp;the area was left with a rather&nbsp;haunted reputation and is now home to&nbsp;plenty of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-civil-war-ghost-stories/stephen-tompkins" target="_blank">Civil War ghost</a> tours.Today, the haunted history of Gettysburg isn't limited to the area now protected as a National Park. Macabre vibes run all&nbsp;through the town, including buildings where fighting and death took place.

US History

As dawn broke over Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 1863, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Gettysburg" target="_blank">the fate of the United States</a> teetered on a razor&#39;s edge. The Confederate Army of Virginia, commanded by General <a href="https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-robertlee/" target="_blank">Robert E. Lee</a>, had just won a massive victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, and was now marching through Union territory. The Union Army of the Potomac was the only thing standing&nbsp;between Lee and the Union capital, Washington, DC. Commanding the Union forces&nbsp;was newly promoted General George Meade, who replaced General Joseph Hooker after his defeat at Chancellorsville.

The Confederate cause was <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg" target="_blank">on the brink of success</a>. A victory in Union territory would leave DC exposed and had the potential to cause France and Great Britain to recognize the Confederacy internationally. These factors, combined with strengthening sentiment in the North to end the conflict, could ultimately force&nbsp;Abraham Lincoln to concede the independence of the Confederate States. It seemed that, with a single victory, the South could win the conflict.

On that sunny, summer morning, Meade was attempting to keep his troops&nbsp;between Lee and the capital. He sent his cavalry, led by&nbsp;General John Buford, ahead to scout. Meanwhile, Lee&#39;s troops, <a href="https://www.nps.gov/gett/learn/historyculture/confederate-commanders-at-gettysburg.htm" target="_blank">organized into three corps</a>, were attempting to meet at South Mountain, where they would be in a strong position to either defend or attack. The three corps&nbsp;were led by&nbsp;General Richard S. Ewell,&nbsp;General A.P. Hill, and General James Longstreet. The Confederate Cavalry was led by General J.E.B. Stuart, and had gone on a raid behind the Union troops. The two opposing forces&nbsp;would meet at Gettysburg, where over three days of intense battle, history would be made.

By the time the dust settled on the fourth day, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-battle-of-gettysburg-ended-today-1863-2017-7" target="_blank">11,000 men had perished</a>, 29,000 were wounded, and 10,000 were missing. However, the Union troops remained, and the Confederate troops were retreating back to Virginia. How did Meade&#39;s Army of the Potomac manage to win this crucial victory over a Confederate force&nbsp;led by one of the most brilliant generals in American history?

Photography

In a precursor to the selfie craze, thousands of Civil War soldiers rushed into photo booths to document their dashing military outfits and put on their best game faces for the conflict ahead. It was one of the first instances of photography as a mass medium, and it left us with a cornucopia of images that help bring the 160-year-old conflict to vivid life. Civilians got in on the action too, whether it be adorable kids dressed in tiny &quot;zouave&quot; outfits, or young women photo-bombing their friends&#39; (or brothers&#39;?) portrait sessions.

<a href="/list/photos-from-civil-war-battles/aaron-edwards" target="_blank">Battlefield photos are powerful</a>, but as these Civil War portraits from the Library of Congress&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj/" target="_blank">Liljenquist Family Collection</a> attest, there&#39;s nothing quite like the human face to make the past feel like the present - particularly if you can project yourself, or a loved one, into the picture.

Camp Sumter, also known as Andersonville&nbsp;prison, housed 45,000 captured Union soldiers during the Civil War. Conditions at Andersonville were so horrific that 13,000 soldiers perished, many from overcrowding, starvation, and exposure. After the conflict, the Andersonville commander was put on trial for war crimes.&nbsp;

Andersonville was originally built in 1864 after the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/andersonville" target="_blank">Civil War prisoner exchange system</a> broke down. When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the Confederacy responded by declaring they would <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/civil-war-prisoner-exchange-104536" target="_blank">no longer return captured Black soldiers</a> to the North. Lincoln ordered a halt to all prisoner exchanges until the Confederacy treated Black captives&nbsp;equal to white POWs. The Confederacy hastily built the Andersonville&nbsp;facility using Black slave labor&nbsp;to house 10,000 POWs. Instead, more than three times that number were shoved onto just 16 acres of land, with no fresh water, no housing, and barely any food. Described as &quot;hell-upon-earth,&quot; Andersonville claimed the lives of thousands of Union soldiers.

When recalling the history of the KKK (AKA the Ku Klux Klan), people often think of&nbsp;them simply as&nbsp;a white supremacist&nbsp;hate group. However, the truth behind how the KKK started is a bit more complex. Back&nbsp;<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/ku-klux-klan">in 1865, a group known as the Ku Klux Klan began its resistance crusade</a>&nbsp;against Reconstruction-era policies that would create equality for African American people. At first, KKK members primarily included&nbsp;simple folks, such as farmers, laborers, and ministers, but it eventually gained the&nbsp;support&nbsp;of more prominent members of white society, including police officials, presidents,&nbsp;and other&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-ku-klux-klan-members/user-x">famous Klan supporters</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;However, as the years passed and cultural tensions grew, group members strayed away from the KKK's original purpose, which ended up leading the group down a path of extreme violence and&nbsp;hate&nbsp;toward non-White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant races, religions, and lifestyles. In fact, over the years,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gangenforcement.com/ku-klux-klan.html">the group witnessed three distinctive phases</a>&nbsp;due to particular events that forced the Klan to disband, revive, and evolve. While the mission of the group is an awful display of ignorance and hate for human differences, the origin of the KKK is fascinating to understand. Take a leap back into the KKK's history and discover how the world’s largest and longest-living hate group was born.&nbsp;

The Civil War was the bloodiest in US&nbsp;history: more Americans perished in five years than in all other conflicts combined. What was it like to fight?&nbsp;Soldiers, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/civil-war-photos-of-child-soldiers/brenden-donnelly" target="_blank">some of who were merely children</a>, faced new technology on the field, like rifle-muskets that could cut down dozens of men in a single volley. Military tactics didn&#39;t catch up with technology, men were ordered to line up and march toward gunfire, and even those who survived the field often succumbed to&nbsp;infected amputations or diseases.

New technology didn&#39;t simply shape life on the field;&nbsp;it affected how we understand the conflict. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/photos-from-civil-war-battles/aaron-edwards" target="_blank">Rare photos</a>&nbsp;that captured the horrors of clashes remind us that&nbsp;the battle between the Union and Confederacy&nbsp;was the first major US conflict fought after the invention of photography. Images spread across the country, capturing the devastating losses. Soldiers struggled to survive on meager rations, writing home about the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/civil-war-hygiene/setareh-janda" target="_blank">terrible conditions they faced</a>.

Torture

The Anderson Prison, also known as the Andersonville&nbsp;Prison or&nbsp;Camp Sumter, was home to some of the unluckiest soldiers&nbsp;of the Civil War. It was a Confederate prison during the last year of the war and, while many Civil War prisons were horrific, the scale of neglect and horrific treatment at Anderson Prison -&nbsp;and the almost 13,000 deaths that occurred there -&nbsp;makes it the most remembered. The conditions and treatment were so deplorable that it was often compared to concentration camps.&nbsp;

The Union prisoners held at Andersonville were subject to starvation, filth, and vermin. It was systematic neglect that left the prisoners as shells of their former selves, if they made it out alive at all. Prisoners in the Civil War - especially those at Anderson Prison - faced unspeakable horrors.&nbsp;

In April of 1865, after four long years of bloodshed, the Civil War finally came to an end when General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered the Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.The president of the newly-reunited United States, Abraham Lincoln, was allowed just a few short days to celebrate the victory and begin implementing <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-issues-proclamation-of-amnesty-and-reconstruction">his two-year-old plan for the Reconstruction</a> of the country. Then, on April 15, 1865, Lincoln was gunned down in Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth, a man sympathetic to the defeated Confederacy. In the years following the end of the Civil War and Lincoln’s assassination, his successor Andrew Johnson proved utterly incapable of unifying a fractured nation. Under Johnson, everyday life during the Reconstruction was a <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/racism-kept-alive-post-civil-war/setareh-janda">gauntlet of simmering hatred</a>, short supplies, and an <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/how-did-the-freeing-of-the-slaves-work/kellen-perry">onslaught of new means for oppressing African Americans</a>.When the Civil War ended, what should have been a moment of triumph, instead marked the beginning of nearly a decade of failed attempts to undo the damage caused by the war. The disastrous effects of the Reconstruction period that followed would <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/photos-of-racial-segregation-in-america/rylee_en">shape the future of the Southern United States</a> for the next century. Here’s a glimpse of how those policies and the inherent hatred they fed off impacted daily life during the Reconstruction period.

Since his passing, Ulysses S. Grant has been one of the most revered and controversial figures in the history of American politics. He led the Union Army to victory against Confederate secession during the Civil War, he brokered peace between the divided fractions of the United States, and he was swept into <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/pictures-of-the-oval-office-for-each-us-president/kellen-perry?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Oval Office</a> on a wave of popularity after Andrew Johnson&#39;s impeachment.

During his time in office, Grant accomplished a great deal with regards to civil rights and&nbsp;reconstruction, however, his presidency was also rife with financial scandals that were committed by exploiting his well-known lack of business acumen and his ineptitude with money, finance,&nbsp;and investments.&nbsp;

Despite his reputation a <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-ulysses-s-grant-battles/reference" target="_blank">Civil War general</a>&nbsp;and president,&nbsp;it was his trust in others and lack of financial skills&nbsp;that proved to be his downfall. After leaving office, Grant was hustled by a smooth-talking con man who ended up leaving the beloved politician in financial ruin&nbsp;shortly before he passed. However, it was this awful setback that put him on a path to writing his best-selling memoirs and ensuring financial safety for his family - but not before he passed&nbsp;nearly penniless.

When did the Civil War officially end? Though fighting continued even after General Robert E. Lee surrendered in Appomattox, VA, the war officially ended on April 9, 1865. But what were the final hours of the Civil War like? Many men lost their lives on the last day of fighting, as the Confederacy tried to escape the advancing Union forces. But when Lee&#39;s army was surrounded, even the general had to finally admit these were the last moments of the Civil War.

The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-1860s-military-was-like/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">bloodiest war in US&nbsp;history</a>&nbsp;almost ended a few days earlier. Lee&#39;s officers pleaded with their commander in chief to surrender, as their ragged army starved. Lee held out, declaring the South had &quot;sacred principles to maintain and rights to defend.&quot; Union General Ulysses S. Grant even sent Lee a note reminding him of the &quot;hopelessness of further resistance.&quot;

But Lee fought on&nbsp;until he was surrounded. &quot;There is nothing left me to do but to go and see General&nbsp;Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths,&quot; Lee declared.

America

A list of the best films about the US Civil War. The Civil War remains the bloodiest war in American history, resulting in the loss of 620,000 soldiers and many many more civilian casualties. Naturally, the conflict - which still echoes in contemporary US culture and politics - has provided source material for a rich variety of different films, including the iconic Gone With the Wind and numerous other award-winning, undisputed &quot;classics,&quot; such as Glory and Dances with Wolves.Many of these films also have books and classic literature as their source material, including The Red Badge of Courage and Gods and Generals, based on the non-fiction book The Killer Angels.If you're looking for some good Civil War movies to watch with your friends, or want to learn a little something about American history by watching famous films based on that historical period, this list of the best movies about the Civil War is a great place to start. This list is open, so if your favorite Civil War film has been left off, please add it at the bottom of the page. And don't forget to vote for your favorite Civil War films, so they get to the top of the list.

The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history. The extreme violence between the Northern and Southern states sent a shockwave&nbsp;of sorrow and fear throughout America. It was traditionally estimated that&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web06/segment1.html">620,000 soldiers died </a>fighting on the battlefield between 1861 and 1865. However, contemporary historical research&nbsp;suggests&nbsp;that the death toll number is<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790547/"> closer to 752,000</a>. In addition to the number&nbsp;of deaths, over 800,000 men went missing or were severely wounded.At the time of the Civil War, battlefield medicine was still in its infancy. This led to many injuries becoming <a href="http://www.civilwar.org/education/civil-war-casualties.html">severely infected</a>&nbsp;and many of the injured receiving hasty, dangerous surgeries. In fact, Civil War battlefield surgery was a major cause of death during the war. Many surgeons cared for the wounded right on the battlefield, and many Civil War medics performed amputations and open surgeries during the heat of battle. Furthermore, because field doctors were under massive amounts stress, they had to perform speedy&nbsp;surgeries that would never meet today’s medical standards.Still, many worthy surgeons didn’t get the recognition they deserved and were ridiculed for their services. This led to tall tales and false details being reported about what exactly&nbsp;took place. Discover what really happened with these grisly facts about Civil War battlefield surgery.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

When the United States was embroiled in war between 1861 and 1865, men from all over the country fought for the identity of the nation. Men from all walks of life fought in the US Civil War to defend the values so ingrained into them, but what is often forgotten is that many of the <a href="/list/age-of-actors-vs-real-actors/mallory-weiler" target="_blank">young men weren&#39;t men at all</a> but <a href="/list/ww2-photos-of-child-soldiers/gordon-cameron" target="_blank">child soldiers</a>. Children made up <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/civil-war-children" target="_blank">20 percent</a> of the military population, and though they weren&#39;t all in combat, they played necessary roles in the war effort they would barely comprehend as scouts, messengers, musicians, and &#39;powder monkeys&#39;.

Many of these young children have been forgotten or unidentified, leaving behind only a brief understanding of their experience through gilded portraits. They serve as tokens of history, reminding viewers of the very personal toll of the American Civil War and demonstrate President Herbert Hoover&#39;s old quote, &quot;Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.&quot;

Spies

The American Civil War was not fought only on battlefields -&nbsp;Civil War spies also waged a secret war of intelligence and covert activities in North America and abroad. Espionage in the Civil War was neither formal nor centralized, and both the Union and the Confederacy relied on networks of amateur scouts, couriers, and secret agents to gather information about enemy plans and movement.&nbsp;In the North, General George McClellan hired Allan Pinkerton, founder of a successful Chicago detective agency, to head the Union's secret service in 1861. But as the war progressed, different generals hired their own spymasters who developed separate networks of agents. In the South, the Secret Service Bureau focused much of its energies on obtaining intelligence in Washington, D.C.Men, women, soldiers, freedmen, and slaves fought this secret war and risked their lives on a daily basis. Civil War spy stories are filled with colorful characters who enlisted their wit, grit, and intelligence in the war effort. Though the identities of many agents were so well guarded that they have since been lost to history, these badass Civil War spies nonetheless made their mark on the war.

Civil War

After John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, the Union went into deep mourning for the president who had led them through the Civil War.&nbsp;Many viewed Lincoln&#39;s death as a martyrdom, especially those in the North.&nbsp;But&nbsp;how did Confederates react to Lincoln&#39;s assassination? The short answer: It&#39;s complicated.

The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-the-assassination-of-abraham-lincoln/setareh-janda" target="_blank">assassination of Abraham Lincoln</a> occurred about a week after <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-right-after-civil-war-rebel-surrender/cheryl-adams-richkoff" target="_blank">General Robert E. Lee&#39;s surrender</a>&nbsp;to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. Though the war technically did not end yet - as conflict still raged in the Western Theater of the Civil War - for all intents and purposes, it was over when General Lee conceded. Lincoln&#39;s assassination at the hands of a Confederate&nbsp;sympathizer created a deep wound in a nation on the cusp of peace and reunion. In the North, many eulogized&nbsp;Lincoln as the Union&#39;s fallen leader. Millions of mourners paid their respects as his body was taken on a nationwide funeral tour.

Some may&nbsp;celebrate&nbsp;Lincoln as one of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-u-s-presidents-from-best-to-worst" target="_blank">the best presidents in US&nbsp;history</a>, but not all Civil War-era Americans - especially those living south of the Mason-Dixon line - endorsed him.&nbsp;Some Confederate leaders after the Civil War respectfully honored Lincoln, while others&nbsp;scorned the slain statesman; the same goes for everyday Southerners.&nbsp;From celebratory toasts to anxious expressions of grief, Confederate reactions to Lincoln&#39;s death varied wildly.

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