The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war to date. It cost close to 1,100,000 casualties and claimed over 620,000 lives. These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes ...

For four straight years, Union and Confederate soldiers battled during the bloodiest war in American history ... by the American people throughout the Civil War.

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

After the Civil ... war, of a free, black settlement, named for the hated Union, made a dramatic claim to equality and liberty. The passionate man labeled as the “most influential African ...

This cover image released by Knopf shows “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American ... war, depending on whether they published in Southern or Northern cities. Now 160 years after the ...

After earning a medical degree in 1864 ... silent films classified as “lost” Untold Stories of American History During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North ...