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How did life change for enslaved people as the American Civil War raged around them?

It cost the equivalent of billions of dollars in today’s money, and left the US government crippled with debt. But how, exactly, did America pay for...

After the American Civil War, the American South attempted a rebrand. But would it accept the progressive social and political changes of the...

No two Americans had the same experience of the Civil War – and everyone remembers it differently. Through the stories they told – and the artifacts...

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important and misunderstood documents in US history. So, what did it actually proclaim?

The camera changed how many Americans saw the Civil War – and exposed millions to the horrors of conflict for the very first time

It was published ten years before a shot was fired. And was written by a woman. How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin fan the flames of the American Civil War

He’s revered as the greatest Confederate general of them all, the personification of Southern loyalty, tradition and military strength. But there’s a...

The equipment used during the War of 1812 was relatively similar to equipment used during the Revolutionary War. However, some technological...

For those enslaved, it was the perpetrator of countless horrors. So why did almost 200,000 African-Americans put their lives on the line to preserve...

What about the Native Americans who found themselves stuck in the middle of the Civil War – why did they fight for both sides?