The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina ... Lincoln's chance came after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam ...

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 lasted ...

After earning a medical degree ... Untold Stories of American History During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery.