In population alone, the North dominated, 22 million to 9 million – and some 3.5 million of the South were slaves. The North had a nine times larger manufacturing economy. It produced 94 percent ...

The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

The North won the Civil War, but the South won the narrative war. They weren't required to repudiate and acknowledge the wrongfulness of bigotry and slavery.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – After the Civil War ended in April 1865, statues depicting Union and Confederate soldiers went up across the country, from New England squares to Southern courthouses. A ...

They’re not just memorials to the fallen: Helena’s Confederate memorial was constructed more than 50 years after the end of the Civil War.Most of its counterparts also came decades, not years ...

People rally for the Confederate flag to be taken down, at the South Carolina State House last month. (John Taggart/EPA) Hugh Howard is the author of “Houses of Civil War America.” With ...

The Civil War’s Division of North and South is Reflected in Cookbooks Naval blockades kept the South starving for salt and other foods, a fact reflected in the recipes of the time.

Civil War Miniseries ‘North and South’ Brewing at Discovery and Lionsgate. New series to come some 30 years after the Emmy-winning 'North and South' starring Kirstie Alley and Patrick Swayze.