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Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and Antietam, and the war's lasting impact on the United States ...

Not long after director Danny McBride committed to the idea of opening the final season of “The Righteous Gemstones” with a Civil War prologue, he realized he had a problem on his hands.

Maine’s last surviving Civil War veterans were Melvin Jellison of Clifton and Zachary McLaughlin of Phillips, both of whom were Grand Army of the Republic members and who died within a few months of ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that Syria could be weeks away from a fresh civil war of "epic proportions," as he called for support to the transitional leadership.

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, by Robert W. Merry.Simon & Schuster, 528 pages. With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South ...

After the American Civil War ended in April of 1865, the battered, divided nation was whole once more. But the challenge of unifying two sides, handling the economic and social fallout of emancipation ...

Meet 21 civil rights activists—past and present—whose bold leadership reshaped history and continues to inspire justice movements today. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip Featured ...

Professor Ifill gave a little background for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President John F. Kennedy began laying the groundwork; President Johnson, in signing the Act into law, did so, ...

His survey cited economic chaos followed by an electromagnetic pulse attack and another pandemic as the top reasons for a civil war. Some of the nation’s top gun sellers are seeing a similar trend.