More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

The Lost Cause was born through many mythical avenues, but what certainly helped it succeed as a philosophy was the celebration of Memorial Days following the end of the Civil War. Families of ...

The use of territorial self-governance seems to decrease the risk of ethnic civil war in some cases and to increase it in ...

However, as the Civil War developed, the White Armies began to ... of a clear aim or plan was less enticing than the Bolshevik cause- the establishment and survival of the revolution and a ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia's role in World War One. However he could not avoid a civil war. The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921.

“To speak as the slave would, to say that we are as happy for the Civil War as most Americans are for the Revolutionary War, is to rupture the narrative.” ...