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 ...

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 ...

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

With no end in sight to the civil war in Sudan, the country's footballers ... the world's worst humanitarian crisis - with the leading cause of death across the country being preventable disease ...

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

By Raja Abdulrahim Syrian opposition fighters have made their most significant advance in years against government forces, shaking up a civil war that had long been at a stalemate. The new rebel ...

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.

Watch: Haley leaves out slavery as a cause of US Civil War Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says the US Civil War was about slavery after facing criticism for not mentioning it as a ...

“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.” ...

The Bible does not clearly answer questions about war and peace, but it gives Christians guidelines on how to work for peace and justice. The causes of any war are complex. Wars are rarely about ...