Very few people saw the first civil war coming, but the signs that the next one has already begun are everywhere, says ...

With the storytelling skill of a novelist, Erik Larson gives an historic account of Fort Sumter's role in the Civil War in "The Demon of Unrest." ...

(These could be seen as the first shots fired in the Civil War, but the true point of no return wouldn’t come for another few months.) By April, the garrison at Fort Sumter was running low on food.

The Civil War began on April 12th, 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, a Union-held fort, in Charleston Bay, ...

A movie that gained significant attention this year is “Civil War” directed by Alex Garland. Set in a hypothetical ...

Morris County has unveiled the newest addition to its online Morris County’s Veterans Compendium: “Brother Against Brother: ...

Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, as Harris alluded to, but tensions reached a boiling point just over a month later when ...

If the U.S. does see another civil war, it will not resemble the new film’s vision of warring armies advancing on Washington ...

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

On April 12, 1861, the U.S. Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. In 1945, ...