Civil War is a haunting take speculative war film, splintering the United States into four distinct factions. The film doesn't dive too deeply into the origins or specifics of the conflict that ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The citizens of the United States have elected 44 presidents in 57 elections since the Constitution was adopted in 1789. Since the Civil War, presidential contests ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the ... that was central to the conflict. A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted to assert their ...

A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...