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 ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

In the thirty years leading up to the Civil War, tensions in the country mounted over the issue of slavery. By 1830, there were more than 2 million slaves in the United States, worth over a ...

This episode originally aired on May 2, 2024. What lessons can the five months leading up to the Civil War teach us about the political landscape of today? A new book delves into that short span of ...

The nation's oldest historic preservation society, which formed in the years leading up to the Civil War to save Washington's house, kept it open to both sides during the war and protected it in ...

Though Tubman is most famous for her successes along the Underground Railroad, her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known.

A historian of 19th-century America, Lauren Haumesser focuses on gender politics in the five-year period leading up to the Civil War. Disagreements between Northern and Southern Democrats over the ...

For the first time in seven years, Civil War buffs can become licensed ... including events leading up to the war and after. Considering how coveted a spot as a guide is, competition is extremely ...

American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar The Historic ... A new exhibit, "The Impending Crisis," helps visitors learn about life leading up to the war and what caused divisions.

“To speak as the slave would, to say that we are as happy for the Civil War as most Americans are for the Revolutionary War, is to rupture the narrative.” ...

In Wales the Quakers in particular were to suffer. The lead up to the Civil War of the 1640s is woven with issues relating to politics, economic and social change, and religion. The rise in ...