The American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history settling the question of ...

This report presents a range of statistics relating to the American Civil War. The war, which lasted from 1861 until 1865, claimed more American lives than any other war in US history, and it's ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North ...

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war to date. It cost close to 1,100,000 casualties and claimed over 620,000 lives. These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes ...

“Civil War” arrives in cinemas on April 12th ... the war’s bloodiest battle. The fighting in 1861-65 “holds a central place in the American imagination”, says Fredrik Logevall, a ...

A House Divided: The Road to Civil War, 1850-1861 begins by examining how generations of historians have explained the crisis of the Union. After discussing the institution of slavery and its ...

Written and directed by Alex Garland, the movie taps into one of the most fascinating aspects of American culture: the collective obsession with our original civil war (1861-65) – and especially the ...

Illinois' governor and first lady have donated a key Civil War document signed by Abraham Lincoln to the presidential library ...

Foreigners who, almost up to the present moment, have regarded the civil war now raging in the United ... for the first nine mouths of 1859, 1860 and 1861: Such an exhibit fully proves that ...

The 14th amendment was ratified in the aftermath of the American civil war of 1861-65 in which southern states that allowed the practice of slavery rebelled in a bid for secession. The Capitol ...

Patton and his wife, Margaret French Williams, produced twelve children, including nine sons, seven of whom were to serve in Confederate gray during the Civil War ... By April 1861 Patton's ...

A Civil War reenactment is returning to Buckley Homestead near Lowell for the first time in years.