This episode explores the beginnings of the American Civil War, from deepening divisions over slavery to the firing on Fort ...

Brutal battles, outdated tactics, and groundbreaking weaponry collided in a war that would claim more American lives than any ...

A look at events in the past two months provides a sense of the energy behind the boom. It’s heard even as large numbers of ...

Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more thoughtful people realize that the ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

California could secede from the US, sparking a second Civil War within the next 10 years, a political expert has revealed. Professor Benjamin Cohen from the University of California-Santa Barbara ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions to the Union.

The Raleigh community is honoring Black soldiers who fought in the Civil War on Juneteenth. A memorial tribute with a wreath laying ceremony was held at the Raleigh National Cemetery on Thursday ...

President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday. “The Civil War ...

Democrats were more likely to view a civil war in the near future as possible, according to the poll.