Collection: 10mm American Civil War Paperboys

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a devastating conflict that pitted the Union states against the Confederate states. The war was ignited by the firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina in April 1861, which marked the beginning of a four-year struggle that would result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

Key battles of the war included Gettysburg, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Manassass (Bull Run for the Union). Notable Confederate generals included Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, while Union generals such as George Meade and Ulysses S. Grant played pivotal roles in the war's outcome.

The conflict ultimately culminated in the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House in April 1865, marking the end of the American Civil War and the preservation of the Union.