Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

(The Center Square) – Some Indiana lawmakers want to change their state’s border ... king' The most recent string of southern Illinois counties supporting secession included Calhoun, Clinton ...

The Constitution and the rule of law in the United States are the political religion of our nation. No other power could threaten us - come drink water from the ...

On the eve of the presidential election in November, I traveled with my wife and grandson to visit Gettysburg National ...

Writer Norman Mailer ran for mayor of New York in 1969, calling for the city to become the 51st state; five southern New Jersey counties voted to secede in 1980; and California has withstood several ...

America’s political parties weren’t supposed to wield the power they have today. In fact, George Washington warned us about ...

Over the past few years, 33 of Illinois’ 102 have voted to leave the state. The most recent string of southern Illinois counties supporting secession included Calhoun, Clinton, Greene ...

But he opposed forcing southern states to remain in the Union ... Wise implied that Lincoln had been right about abolition and secession, and hailed him as “the greatest man that ever sprung ...

Until now, secession discussions have typically remained within one state or have involved a group of counties ... The next push for secession came during the Civil War when some of Illinois’ southern ...

Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil ...