When Americans disagreed on the power of individual states to control their respective governments and institutions, they fought a war, between themselves, during 1861 to 1865. Other countries have also fought "civil wars." These stories focus on those people, places and events.
Before the Civil War erupted, Thomas Jonathon Jackson was a professor at VMI (Virginia Military Institute).
The general who helped the North win the American Civil War was working in his father's leather store (in Galena, Illinois) when the fighting began. S...
Joseph Hooker was known as an arrogant man. Although he was a leading Union General, President Lincoln had to make a decision whether to keep Hooker i...
Vivian Leigh, who played the role of Scarlet O'Hara, in "Gone with the Wind," was married, for a time, to the famous actor Laurence Olivier. In this c...
Vivien Leigh, who played Scarlett O'Hara in the film version of "Gone with the Wind" - produced by David O.
Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution - in Russia - Vladimir I.
When Lt. Col Tuan refused to teach saboteurs how to drive tanks, during the Vietnam War, those saboteurs murdered Tuan, then machine-gunned his wife, ...
William Seward survived the attack by Lewis Powell (Payne), but it left him permanently disfigured.
During war, people create art or compose songs to bolster public support for the fighting. This is an example from the Union's point of view.
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