He believed slaves could be made into good soldiers if they believed they had an interest in Confederate victory.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

After three and a half years of fighting, hundreds of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers had been killed or wounded.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

When the Virginians captured the town, they sent the equipment south, where it was used to make guns for Confederate soldiers.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his commander in Charleston, General Beauregard, to destroy the fort before the food could arrive.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Jefferson Davis left his farm in Mississippi to become president of the Confederate States of America on February eleventh.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

He was afraid Confederate forces in Virginia might try to capture Washington in the first days of the war.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

And it was three days after the Confederate Army of the southern states attacked federal forces at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

VOA: special.2011.04.15

In eighteen sixty-three, Union forces defeated Confederate forces in the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War the Battle of Gettysburg.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

He wanted to see Confederate soldiers go back to their homes to become peaceful citizens of a united country.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

They would build a canal to carry them past the turn in the river, past the Confederate cannon.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

General Grant sent his men against the middle and ends of the Confederate line at the same time.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

It was a disaster. In eleven days of fighting, one-third of the Confederate Army in Georgia was destroyed.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

Lee read it slowly. When he finished, Grant asked if the Confederate general wished to propose any changes.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

The convention named former United States Senator Jefferson Davis to be president of the Confederate States of America.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

It did not have enough soldiers to stop any real attempt by Confederate forces to seize the city.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

In the early years of the war, Confederate forces had moved through the valley to strike northern territory.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

He said he could see the flash of light from Confederate guns along a line a kilometer long.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

But none could prove that Confederate President Jefferson Davis or any other southern leader played a part in Booth's plot to kill Lincoln.

VOA: special.2010.01.07