The News-Sentinel staff has put together a special presentation to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. The war began April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina. When the war finally ended in 1865, 620,000 Union and Confederate soldiers had died, two-thirds by disease. There were about 1,030,000 casualties overall (3 percent of the U.S. population). Allen County, the focus of this project, sent over 4,000 soldiers to the war, and nearly 500 lost their lives.
Stories
- Confederate sub righted
- Event Marks 150 years since key Manassas battle
- Hot day for a Civil War soldier
- What's the hurry to destroy history?
- Civil War salute: Re-enactors give glimpse into soldier's life
- City sent thousands to Civil War front lines
- We're neglecting the legacies from Fort Wayne's past
- From the pages of the Sentinel
- Nation remembers Civil War's first shots
- Americans' views on war have evolved over the years
- Who fired the first shot in Civil War?
- Battle tales; Retired teacher has spent decades researching 44th Indiana Regiment's role in Civil War
- Three of city's bravest won't be forgotten
- Letters from homefront are window to life
- Missing Civil War sign in good hands
- Few blacks show up to Civil War events
- Stamps recall first year of Civil War
Take a tour of Fort Wayne's Civil War-related sites - READER SUBMISSION: Three generations fought in Civil War
- READER SUBMISSION: Many relatives served
- READER SUBMISSION: Lived to fight another battle
- READER SUBMISSION: A private wrote about the war
- READER SUBMISSION: A private in the 52nd Regiment
- READER SUBMISSION: Brothers join the fight
