A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

When they emerge from their books and battlefields, the scholars and historians specializing in the original Civil War, from 1861-65, rarely believe that sort of starkly regional conflict would ...

The Lost Peace' by Jay Winik. The most serious attempt to evade America's Civil War was probably doomed to fail, said Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker. But that effort at reco ...

Continue the deep dive into the American Civil War with Part 2, focusing on the crucial battles of 1861 that set the tone for years of bloody conflict. From Fort Sumter to Ball's Bluff, these early ...

May 2, 1861. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 2, ... A war, therefore, to be short, must be sudden and must be offensive.

The Disputed Name of the War. Share full article. June 17, 1900. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 17, 1900, Page 7 Buy Reprints.

The Dogs of War is a meditation on the out-break of the Civil War byone of the most notable scholars of the conflict, Emory Thomas, Regents Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Georgia, ...

The Revenue Act of 1862 was a U.S. federal law to fund the war against the Southern states. The Revenue Act of 1862 revised and expanded the previous Revenue Act of 1861 to raise additional ...

But “1861” is one of the few Civil War histories where Lincoln isn’t the most compelling figure. That title goes to a cast of characters, ...

If economic inequality increases within a country, the risk of civil war breaking out grows. This is the finding from a study by the Chair of Economic History at the University of Tübingen ...

The U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Friday on Donald Trump's attempt to broadly enforce his executive order to limit ...

But “1861” is one of the few Civil War histories where Lincoln isn't the most compelling figure. That title goes to a cast of characters, ...