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 ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

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 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.

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