Peter Carmichael gave an overview of the Civil War in 1861. He touched on the social, political and military components that led to the start of the war. He encouraged scholars to help develop a ...

1861: The Civil War Awakening is now available in paperback. The first shots of the American Civil War were fired almost 151 years ago in the Charleston, S.C., harbor. Less than two days later ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

Adam Goodheart, a Civil War columnist for [The New York Times], recounts the first year of the Civil War in 1861. ... April 12, 2011, marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.

His book about the start of the Civil War called "1861: The Civil War Awakening" is now out in paperback. At this point in their conversation, the topic shifts to one of the central concerns of ...

Adam Goodheart declares his intention at the outset of "1861," his peripatetic exploration of America on the brink of civil war, to take the scenic route through this well-traversed era of ...

On June 11, 1861, delegates from 32 counties in the northwestern corner of the state gathered at a hall in Wheeling to chart an unorthodox course: they wanted, in effect, to unsecede.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA AND LETTERS-OF-MARQUE. ... See the article in its original context from June 5, 1861, Page 5 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine. ... before the start of online publication ...

Senator killed in Civil War battle, Oct. 21, 1861. By Andrew Glass 10/21/2015 12:02 AM EDT. On this day in 1861, ... At the start of the Mexican War in 1846, he raised a regiment of troops.

1861: The Lost Peace. By Jay Winik. Grand Central Publishing. 304 pages. $35. More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with ...