Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America ... enslaved persons in the U.S. in 1860 180,000 — Number of African American soldiers that served in the Civil ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas ...

The ladies took over the house in 1860 -- a year before the start of the Civil War -- at a time of fast ... So, effectively, any soldiers that visited Mount Vernon, Confederate or Union soldiers ...