Throughout the war, fighting was largely concentrated in areas around the border between Southern slave states and Northern free states. Still, Civil War battles spread across a total of 23 states ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. ... His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had lost all influence.

This week marks the anniversary of the greatest battle in the United States’ Civil War. That battle, at Gettysburg, was ...

The Southern version of history also prevailed for decades at Civil War battle sites, thanks to the fact that Congress appropriated money for the National Park Service, and Southerners in Congress ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Civil War lessons taught to American students often depend on where the classroom is, with schools presenting accounts of the conflict that vary from state to state and even ...

Sunday is the anniversary of Lee’s 1865 surrender at Appomattox, so let’s take a look at some of the Southern generals and admirals who stuck with the United States of America in the Civil War.

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment in American history, but it's more misunderstood than you would think. We're breaking down some myths about Lincoln, women soldiers, racist ...

A debate over what started the Civil War has been a hot topic in the past week after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley was asked about it at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire.

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley's answer on 'what caused the civil war' led us to speak with an expert about slavery's role in the conflict.

The Civil War was the bloodiest and most destructive conflict in American history. From the beginning of the war in April 1861 to the end in April 1865, over 620,000 people were killed, about ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. ... His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had lost all influence.