The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... Walt Whitman called it the War of Attempted Secession. Confederate General Joseph Johnston called it the War Against the States.

Dogara, who was represented by Timothy Golu, remarked, “We have had a number of crises since independence, the worst of which was the civil war from 1966 to 1970. Seems we didn’t learn much ...

Lincoln won the presidential election in November 1860. But he would not actually become President until his inauguration on March 4th, 1861 in Washington. During the three months between his ...

In shaping both the moral cause of abolition and the Confederate justification for secession, the Civil War was not merely a contest over warring economic systems, cultural identities, or ...

As president, he oversaw the Second Sudanese Civil War, the secession of South Sudan, and the conflict in Darfur. The Darfur war, which broke out in 2003, was later condemned by the International ...

Cecily is the author of the upcoming 'Abraham Lincoln and the American West', and 'The Army Under Fire: Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era'. Produced and edited by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was ...

and this hasn't been done since the Civil War era. Seven Illinois counties voted by referenda to support secession this past November, bringing the total to 33 counties who have done so.