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.

They say the older you get, you either become someone who smokes meat or someone who gets into the Civil War. Well, I feel ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

The Civil War remains one of the most important chapters in American history. But the conflict itself was more complex than North vs. South. ... even after the Southern states seceded.

The shrine is a free Civil War museum, research facility and memorial dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, who was the U.S. president from 1861 to 1865, when the war between the United States and the ...

Florida was the smallest of the 11 Confederate states, with 140,000 residents, 60,000 of them slaves. About 15,000 Floridians fought, the largest percentage of any southern state.

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 ...