In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, including on X, Reddit and Facebook.

The American Civil War saw the formation of the Balloon Corps for Federal Army, and it wasn't long until this newly formed division took to the sea.

NEW-ORLEANS, Saturday, Nov. 3. The schooner Brilliant, from Campeachy Oct. 13, reports the outbreak of civil war in Yucatan, caused by the imposition of inland duties on goods from Campeachy, and ...

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

A historic Bagdad home that provides a glimpse into local life during the Civil War has hit the real estate market listed at $775,000. The waterfront property and its homestead were built in the ...

Erik Larson tells the story of the national crisis that followed Abraham Lincoln’s victory in November 1860. ... A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. By Erik ...

PROSPECT, Maine (WABI) - Families who visited Fort Knox in Prospect this weekend were given a glimpse into the past. The Fort Knox historic site hosted its annual Civil War Encampment event.

But 750,000 Americans would be killed before the Civil War ended in 1865. Four years to the day after Sumter fell, Anderson – by then a retired general – returned to raise the American flag ...

Releasing a movie called Civil War in this election year is certainly one way to grab headlines. Surprisingly, though, Alex Garland's ambitious new thriller largely sidesteps the politics of the ...

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