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The medical hospitals established during the American Civil War helped save thousands of lives – and change how the US military cares for troops to...

Women weren’t just spectators of the American Civil War – they played a vital role in the home, the workplace, the battlefield and beyond.

The American Civil War wasn’t just fought on land – it took place on rivers and seas too. But the contrast between Union and Confederate navies could...

Did you know that the U.S. Constitution's most important amendments took place over just 5 years? So what happened between 1865 and 1870 – and how did...

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