The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

While the population of these states may not match California and Texas, together this army quietly controls a large portion ...

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II ... lauded for removing restrictions on each years before the rest of the United States. It has also been a leader in celebrating its multicultural ...

Grant and the Union Army. Born in Ireland ... to the Irish American photographer, Matthew Brady. His photographs captured the raw and haunting realities of the war, documenting the devastation ...

Editor's note: On this day April 12, 1861, the Confederate Army opened fire at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, launching the American Civil War. The War raged for four years and caused the deaths ...