Four years of conflict between North and South reshaped the United States forever. In just one minute, this video highlights ...

This episode explores the beginnings of the American Civil War, from deepening divisions over slavery to the firing on Fort Sumter. We examine how events like Bleeding Kansas, John Brown's raid, and ...

Nor, despite our warning against prediction, did we doubt it would end badly for the South. The North had factories and ...

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, by Robert W. Merry. Simon & Schuster, 528 pages. With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South ...