The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb ...

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And the Civil War is the conflict that keeps on teaching ... Abraham Lincoln wanted to “let them (the defeated Southern ...

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When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, ...