In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

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 ...

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.

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War ... and the United States. Like thousands of people of the southern United ...

The statue commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war.

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew Johnson.

After the American Civil War of 1861–1865 ... the door was open for Southern states to introduce ‘Jim Crow’ laws on segregation. The clip can be used as historical background to study ...