The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... and over 600,000 men—2 percent of the population—died in it. Follow this timeline to chart the key historical figures and events.

James was the first Stuart ruler of England. One of James I's first acts of foreign policy was to end the long war with Spain, which had continued intermittently for 20 years. The resulting Treaty ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

Freeman, Yale professor of history and American studies ... and editor who worked in Washington in the lead up to the Civil War. During his four decades in the nation’s capital, he crossed ...

It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as “lost” Untold Stories of American History During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North ...

This video takes on a comprehensive journey through Syria’s tumultuous history, starting from the uprising in 2011 that spiralled into a full-scale civil war. It examines the involvement of ...

their interest in "War of Rights" grew out of a deep interest in Civil War history. When Ovsenik saw the Kickstarter for "War of Rights" in 2015, he was hooked immediately. "I turned 12 or 13 ...

The North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction is set to break ground on its main building within the next four months, with a targeted completion date in ...

The Russos brothers have directed some of the best Marvel movies, and their history helps to explain why Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Doom.

A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the African nation’s yearslong civil war ...