The violence broke out after the losing side in a presidential election refused to accept their defeat. In other words, the South and its supporters engaged in large-scale psychological manipulation ...

An illustration of a deserter being executed by a firing squad at the Federal Camp in Alexandria during the American civil war. Kean Collection/Getty Images Americans have an appetite for reenacting ...

Civil War reenactors stepped back 160 years to the Battle of Gettysburg Sunday at the Northbrook Sports Club in Hainesville. The American Civil War Encampment and Battle included costumed Union and ...

"While in the short term--militarily--the North won the Civil War, in the long term--ideologically--victory went to the South. The continual expansion of the Western frontier allowed a Southern ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. After decades of simmering tension between Northern and ...

The American Civil War erupted in 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, followed soon after by the First Battle of Bull Run. This video traces the opening shots of the war, the shockwaves ...