The South did not want Lincoln to be the President. At a meeting in the town of Montgomery, Alabama they formed a new government called the Confederate States of America.

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the ... His words were not simply aimed at the loyal southern states, however -- most white northerners were not interested in fighting to free ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak ... A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government ...

In 1865, the Civil War in America ended. The northern states had defeated the southern states. The years immediately after the war were known as the Reconstruction era. The Government changed the ...

Even the classic Civil War-set movie "Gone with the ... produced on plantations across the southern states. During the war, blockade-running vessels carried arms across the Atlantic from Liverpool.

The Civil War was the bloodiest and most destructive conflict in American history. It began only months after Southern states seceded from the Union, when Southern troops attacked and captured the ...

5, the writer compares Gov. Tony Evers’ defense of the economic importance of undocumented workers with southern Democrats of the 1850s — Democrats whose descendants are now Republicans — who defended ...

The Winter program of the Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society (CVHS) will be held virtually at 3 p.m. EST on Sunday, ...

Civil War is a haunting take speculative war film ... and Tennessee are among the confirmed southern states that are counted ...