American Civil War quickly showed both sides the costs of war. Each year proved a drain as the human toll became apparent.

Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. But many ...

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“With malice toward none, with charity for all,” even after four years of horrific war.

Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1847, and the following year he found the opportunity to combine ...

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A ceremonial sword that belonged to a New Brunswick doctor who served in the American Civil War has found ... St. Andrews in 1861 and began practising medicine, but about three years later ...

Delivering a great presidential inaugural address is an art, one that’s been tried by many and achieved by few. It’s a speech that’s meant to unite, inspire and motivate a nation behind their new ...

“Fort fisher was essentially America’s largest sand castle ever built,” Steele said. ”Construction began around early in 1861 ...

In 1861, when Republican leader Abraham Lincoln was on his way to becoming President of the United States of America, the ...

An inflection point in American history, the US Civil War erupted ... it was the costliest war ever waged by the United States. Breaking out in 1861 and ending in 1865 with the surrender of ...