America’s bloodiest and most costly conflict, the US Civil War claimed the lives of 620,000 men (roughly 2 percent of the population)…
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Jackie Robinson famously broke baseball’s color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. But he’s not alone in having…
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Slavery in America didn’t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. It lived on—even after the Civil War had ended and the 13th Amendment…
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Both the Union and the Confederacy enlisted child soldiers during the bloody US Civil War that lasted from April 12, 1861, to…
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Just four score and 78 years after the country declared independence, 11 southern US states seceded from the Union to protect the…
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There are instances when conflict arises not between states, but within a particular country. There are different reasons why civil wars happen.…
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10 Myths You Still Probably Believe About the American Civil War
by Johan Tobiasby Johan TobiasNearly 160 years after the guns fell silent, it seems we’re still fighting the Civil War in our own way. What was…
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The American Civil War was exceptional in its brutality and the loss of American lives. It took place in the violent sweet…
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What do a Cherokee chief, best-selling author, Texas Ranger, President of the United States, and Episcopal bishop all have in common? They…