Texas Governor Greg Abbott's feud with the federal government that has escalated to some calls for "civil war" sheds doubt on ... Greg Abbott's actions at the southern border and his reaction ...

The battle cry of the Confederacy resounded a long way from its home, but throughout the Civil War ... the only non-Southern sympathizing county officials at the outset of the war were the ...

Dr. E. Curtis Alexander has dedicated his life to preserving the history of the U.S. Colored Troops, whose contributions ...

On April 12, after the new president ordered a fleet to bring supplies to Fort Sumter, South Carolina, the first shots of the Civil War were fired by Confederate forces. Four more Southern states ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of ... A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government ...

Steve Madden of Redlands will present “Shades of Gray: A Southern Perspective on the Civil War” 2 p.m. Oct. 16 in a program for the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table. The free presentation ...

Southern historian Shelby Foote noted that the Industrial Revolution in the United States was in full swing at the time of the Civil War, and much of that growing industrial strength was firmly in ...

The New York University researchers who completed the study estimate the overall death toll at 698,000, reaffirming the Civil War as the deadliest armed conflict in American history. Southern ...