As the deadliest war in United States history, the Civil War is a period many would like to forget. However, it’s impossible to erase the importance of a multi-year conflict that almost ...

Forged by fire, the reinvention and modernization of the U.S. Army in the Civil War. By Kevin Braafladt March 10, 2025 1 / 5 Show Caption + Union Soldiers at rest after drill, Petersburg, Va., 1864.

Trace the real causes of the American Civil War in this first part of a detailed historical series, covering the key events and tensions from 1819 to 1861. Uncover how decades of political ...

By contrast, the American Civil War was fought in the following century, from 1861 to 1865, over slavery.

Modern American business and government were shaped directly and indirectly by a military model of administration During the war, writes Mark R. Wilson in "The Business of Civil War." ...