Before he was ... this part of post-war America led to the rise of the Jim Crow laws. For many enslaved individuals, the Civil War was an opportunity to escape to the North and leave slavery ...

The seceded states created the Confederate States of America ... The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee ...

Before the war ... Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014) Chapter five. Drew Gilpin Faust ...

Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. But many ...

Before there was Whole Foods and Lululemon, and even before that, when there was a Miracle 5 movie theater, the land was ...

Russia already had a decades-long relationship with the Assad government, and had military bases there before the civil war. Russian President Vladimir Putin used his country's presence in Syria, and ...

Here's what you need to know about the holiday. The three-day Civil War battle was a badly needed win for the North—but like all victories, it came with a price. From Pontiac's Rebellion to the ...