In the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to ...

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue ...

EDENTON, N.C.—Rod Phillips and Michael Dean, a pair of white 70-something retirees, take opposing sides in the Civil War, ...

Most people associate secession with the Civil War but idea of disuniting the United States has crept into national ...

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war ...