By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on ... Choose from the following options to learn about the people, places and events surrounding the Civil War. Explore each episode and watch clips ...

The Montgomery Conference yesterday passed an act recognizing war with the United States ... for the first time since the civil discord in the United States, an American vessel hoisted the ...

Abraham Lincoln had been elected president but not yet inaugurated, and the country was on the cusp of the Civil War. What was on the minds of women and men in Medina at the ...

State Rep. Dean Urdahl has accepted an appointment to co-chair a task force which will promote and share Minnesota’s connection with the Civil War in commemoration of the war’s 150th ...