The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union. To retain the loyalty of the ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Photograph showing Union soldiers with rifles at attention ... slavery should be allowed into the Union as new states. But he feared the Civil War would shatter his beloved nation.

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.