The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...

"The Demon of Unrest": Erik Larson on the first shots of the Civil War The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time. In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea ...

What stopped the Civil War? Johnston's surrender was the largest one in the war, giving up almost 90,000 Confederate soldiers in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Anew Winthrop University poll found 47 percent of South Carolinians believe a second civil war likely. It's a stark indicator of growing division and unrest.

What was the Civil War? Check History, Aftermath, and Key Events The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a conflict between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South), primarily over slavery ...

Residents protesting Confederate statues on public land square off with neighbors refusing to surrender local landmarks.

Indeed, the South merely needed to convince the North to quit the war, a decision largely made by the civilian population and one the Confederates came close to pulling off more than once, he said.

South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861. The shell flew upward through the dark sky over Charleston Harbor and burst ...

The Civil War Still Echoes in the South, Forcing Towns to Take Sides Residents protesting Confederate statues on public land square off with neighbors refusing to surrender local landmarks ...