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

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the early modern history and history of the United States of America continues with a new series on the Civil War. Previously, we have ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States ... the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas ...

Charleston, South Carolina, April 12, 1861 – the birthplace of secession, and tempers were on edge. In December 1860, the state of South Carolina declared itself independent and severed ties ...

of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared that: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them ... can be committed in civil society; since ...

But in 1861, the American Union fell apart ... At the end of the civil war, the United States defeated the Confederate States and took control of the 11 states which were lost, and with the ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

There were about 55,000 physicians in the United States at the start of the Civil War; most were poorly trained ... Although by 1861 this therapeutic method was in decline; dosing with powerful ...