The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the ... His words were not simply aimed at the loyal southern states, however -- most white northerners were not interested in fighting to free ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak ... A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

The South did not want Lincoln to be the President. At a meeting in the town of Montgomery, Alabama they formed a new government called the Confederate States of America.

reaffirming the Civil War as the deadliest armed conflict in American history. Southern states, according to the study, saw 13.1% of their U.S.-born, military-age, white males like Weakley die in ...

Kings and Generals launches a new animated documentary series on the American Civil War, following the success of their American Revolution coverage. This first installment dives into the road to war, ...

With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

The stark internal divide between the country’s wealthier northern region, which was majority Arab and Muslim, and its less-developed southern ... states in 2011. The second Sudanese civil war ...

After the American Civil War of 1861–1865 ... the door was open for Southern states to introduce ‘Jim Crow’ laws on segregation. The clip can be used as historical background to study ...