The Civil War was an extremely divisive time in American history that split the North and South into the Union and the ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series on early modern history and the United States continues with a new series on the Civil War. Covering the causes of secession, early battles ...

Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate ... Burnside's plan was to cross the river quickly at Fredericksburg, Virginia, surprising General Robert E.

and Fredericksburg, Virginia. There was scarcely a family in the South that did not lose a son or brother or father. As with any civil strife, the war was marked by excruciating ironies.