The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia ... For this reason, the government turned away African American voluteers who rushed to enlist.

The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

June 13: Congress sends the Fourteenth Amendment to the states. It writes the Republican vision of how post-Civil War American society should be structured into the U.S. Constitution, out of the ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation ... It was a battle of ideology rooted in the founding of the nation, in which ...

Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his second ...

American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar The Historic ... It also has an exhibit devoted to the United States Colored Troops, which tells the story of the units who fought in the Battle ...