The Civil War was an extremely divisive time in American history that split the North and South into the Union and the Confederacy, resulting in almost four years of war within the country. Almost 200 ...

In the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to ...

The Civil War was much greater than a national conflict between North and South, said English historian, author, and lecturer Jeremy Black in a March 20 speech sponsored by the Center for Military ...

The North wanted to block the spread of slavery. They were also concerned that an extra slave state would give the South a political advantage. The South thought new states should be free to allow ...

Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

PITTSFIELD — The intrigue of a Civil War chase between the North and South in locomotives will be retold by Pike County resident Sam Gross as part of a event at the All Wars Museum.

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war lasted ...