You might think you know Civil War history, from Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard firing on the union garrison holding Fort Sumter in 1861 to Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in 1865.
But during the 150th commemoration of the War Between the States, National Park Service officials wanted to engage the public by sharing even the lesser-known but remarkable stories that affected the nation, not just the major battlefields.