Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

We are starting a new Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of the American Civil War. In this first episode, we will cover the reasons that caused the American ...

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

On the two-year anniversary of the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, ...

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 ...