The American Civil War (1861 - 1865) In the 19th Century, America was experiencing a time of tremendous economic growth. The North had invested in industry and moved away from an agricultural ...

Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War. A major dispute over slavery was the primary cause of ...

A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

A People's History of the Civil War: Struggles to Expand America's Freedom, 1861–1865 David Williams, . . New Press, $29.95 (594pp) ISBN 978-1-59558-018-4 ...

The Civil War remains one of the most important chapters in American history. ... 1861, Lee resigned from ... In June 1865, Union troops led by ...

Historian Jay Winik writes about the leadup to the outbreak of the Civil War in “1861: The Lost Peace.” The Associated Press' Andrew DeMillo writes that the political intrigue in Winik's book ...

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 ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book “April 1865: The Month That Saved America." His latest book covers the period of time ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America.” His latest book covers the period ...