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

Hear about the Union and Confederate forces' race to Washington DC in April 1861. In April 1861, as Union forces retreated north, having lost the first battle of the Civil War, attention turned to the ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

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

What lessons can the five months leading up to the Civil War teach us about the political landscape of today? A new book delves into that short span of time between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...

GETTYSBURG — A rare memoir of a Civil War veteran from ... about 20 years after the war. “I never saw this memoir referenced in any previous work, and began to realize how rare an account ...

Comedian Chris Klemens posited in a recent TikTok that the United States is already amidst a second civil war, albeit one that looks drastically different than past battles.

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 ...

The first theme is the “dominance-obedience orientation ... of the Southern elites led to an authoritarian slave society” and that led to the Civil War (1861-65). “Laws were enacted to protect the ...

After 20 months of war, and three months of negotiations with the warring sides, a bit of relief arrives for some of the hundreds of thousands of people facing famine. By Eve Sampson and ...

Some say Florida has more than 200 ghost towns. Here's a list of some and the story of one that was founded by a 19th-century ...