Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

So if the much-anticipated Democratic civil war breaks out at all, there’s no question about who will prevail: One side has already laid down their arms. Isaac Schorr is a staff writer at Mediaite.

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

Spotlight on a letter from a young Union soldier interested in a commission with an African American ... and Civil War Letters, each of which looks at how blacks were involved on both sides ...

And the American Civil War Museum is in Richmond ... historic artifacts and voices to present the lead up to the war from all sides: North, South, enslaved, emancipated, abolitionists and enslavers.

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the ...