What led the United States into civil war in 1861? In this premiere episode of Kings and Generals’ American Civil War series, ...

Historian Jay Winik writes about the leadup to the outbreak of the Civil War in “1861: The Lost Peace.” The' Andrew DeMillo ...

The shortest American Civil War summary you'll ever read When did women get the right to vote?: A brief look at women's suffrage. The Civil War started in 1861, but years of growing tension ...

By June of 1861, ten more states followed suit, forming the Confederate States of America. The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for four years, according to Encyclopedia Brittanica.

This lesson focuses on the first use of landmines in North America, during the American Civil War (1861-65). The lesson, which features author Ken Rutherford speaking at an event hosted by the ...

With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, author and former editor of The American Conservative Robert W. Merry picks up where he left off ...

also known as C/1861 J1 or Comet Tebbutt, appeared in the 1888 book Picture Atlas of the Star World. Credit: E. Weiss Not all participants of the Civil War sought to contemplate the meaning of the ...

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 ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War ... America." His latest book covers the period of time that nearly led to its disintegration. In ...