The parks which encircle Washington DC encompass the breastworks built largely with slave labor during the war.
Florida was the forgotten state of the Confederacy, but its supply of beef, salt, and oranges to feed the army proved critical at the end of the war.
We still contemplate with a bit of angst even afer 150 years, the devastation done by the Yankee Army to the people and property of Georgia.
Illiois contributed over 250,000 men to the Union army - more than half its male population. 35,000 were killed and 25,000 died of disease.
Almost all of the Indian Nation tribes sided with the Confederacy. Much research needs to be done on these units.
Many Kentucky troops joined Indiana regiments. Overall 210,000 men served in the Union Army.
76,242 Iowa men served, 13,001 died of wounds or disease, of 20,000 total, and 8,500 were wounded.
One could argue that the War actually began in "bleeding" Kansas ten years before Fort Sumter became the flashpoint in 1861.
Lincoln declared, "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky!" Both Lincoln and Davis were born in Kentucky.
Although New Orleans fell early in the war, more than 500 battles and skirmishes occurred in Louisiana.
Maine was a hot-bed and fomenter of the abolitionist movement. "Uncle Tom's Cabin", a fiction book stirred the pot.
Of the 50,000 confederate prisoners men held at Point Lookout, nearly 4,000 died.
Boston was the major slave trading port and most of the wealthy families of Massachusetts traced their wealth to the slave trade.
More than 90,000 Michigan men, nearly 23%, served, and 14,375 died - most from disease. 
Two battles were fought in Minnesota involving the Sioux Indians angered over mistreatment by the Federal government.
When Vicksburg fell to Union troops on July 4, 1863, the Confederacy lost its last chance to control the Mississippi River.
Missouri was critical to the Union cause and the destruction of the state was immense. The Missouri records are almost non-existent.
Nebraska was still a territory, but anti-secession passions ran strong. The settlers there were left to face Indian hostilities alone.
A half dozen battles occurred in Nevada.
The state contributed much of the cloth used for Union uniforms and some of the munitions. The federal shipyard in Portsmouth contributed warships.
New Jersey was a state split by the Civil War. Economically, it was tied to markets in the South; it was the last northern state to abolish slavery.
Many people do not know that the Civil War was fought as far west as New Mexico, but in fact there was a vigourous campaign conducted here.
