The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with key battles fought in places like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina ...

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral ...

The amendment, ratified in 1868 in the aftermath of the American Civil War, addressed issues relating to the rights ... the judicial panel sided with the plaintiffs who claimed the disputed Louisiana ...