The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia ... laws barring blacks from the army, proving to northern whites that their race privilege would not ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...

Nearly 200,000 Black soldiers and sailors fought for the Northern states, according to the ... the Union — and then he was captured The Civil War continues to echo in political debates today.