Though "contraband" slaves had been declared free ... But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to end slavery.

The second Sudanese civil war from 1983 to 2005 killed an estimated two million people, with widespread documentation of famine and atrocities. In July 2011, Sudan’s southern territory seceded ...

The most punishing conflict ever fought on American soil was coming to an end. The Civil War was entering its fifth year. Nothing in America’s experience in the past or since had been so brutal ...

A civil war has engulfed the country for two years, but some of the fiercest clashes have taken place in the sprawling city on the Nile, where the Sudanese military is battling the Rapid Support ...

The second Sudanese civil war lasted from 1983 to 2005 and ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In 2011, nearly 99 percent of South Sudanese voted in favor of the independence ...

Despite our current divisions and challenges, more than 150 years after a terrible Civil War, our nation perseveres ... search and seize vessels with contraband if necessary, which would ...