The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...

From there students view and analyze four video clips that that provide background information regarding landmines, the speaker’s personal experience with the topic, and Civil War strategy.

“America is rushing headlong into another civil war, and it’s a matter of when, not if,” Christopher Sebastian Parker, a UC Santa Barbara political science professor, told the Guardian in an ...

The Mexican-American War: Photos from the 1800s show a young nation's conflict Prominent American Civil War Generals Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Stonewall Jackson were among those who ...

What Was the Civil War? Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War.

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need.

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and ...

The Civil War changed the social, economic, and political landscape for women from every walk of American life—perhaps nowhere more so than in the field of nursing.

The US Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history settling the question of slavery once and for all. It was by far the bloodiest conflict that the United ...

The year is 2054. The United States is recovering from a destructive war with China. When the otherwise healthy president of the United States suddenly dies of a heart attack, the American people ...

On multiple grounds, an honest assessment of what caused the Civil War is a good historical litmus test for any politician running for president.

Every American citizen, whether born in this country or naturalized, should understand that the conflict over slavery is what caused the Civil War.