Did regular houses/plantations have electricity during the US Civil War?

I'm currently writing a period piece set one year after the American Civil War and was wondering if houses in the North and/or plantations in the South had electricity. Like, could someone in either setting have a switch on the wall that they can use to turn on their chandelier for dinner or something? I know Edison invented the light bulb long before the Civil War, but research I did before coming here revealed that for a house to have electricity they would have to have their own kind of "generator" - like a water wheel or something. I have no clue what they're talking about. So if someone could explain this to me in layman's terms, that'd be great. And then I read elsewhere that the North had electricity in their suburbs before the South. Again, I'm lost. Any sort of input is appreciated. Thanks in advance!Did regular houses/plantations have electricity during the US Civil War?
You may wish to do some more research -- Edison did not come up with his light bulb developments until 1879 -- some fourteen years after the Civil War ended.



The inventions of Edison then paved the way for commercially available electricity, which did not occur until 1882, in New York City. Given that these events occurred long after the end of the war in 1865, it is safe to then assume that there were no houses or structures anywhere in the US (north or south) that were using electricity during the period of 1861-1865.
No. The incandescent light bulb Thomas Edison invented was not invented until 1879, 9 years after the civil war ended with General Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865.Did regular houses/plantations have electricity during the US Civil War?
The house I live in was made in 1895 -- and the gas jets that provided lighting are still there! Which means electric lighting was not common until well after the turn of the 20th cenury. HOpe that helps.