4:1 — The ratio of people who attended church weekly to those who voted in the 1860 election 2.5 — Approximate percentage of the American population that died in the Civil War 7 million ...

The most punishing conflict ever fought on American soil was coming to an end. The Civil War was ... they learned of the outcome at Appomattox. With Lee’s surrender, the war effectively came ...

Could There be a Second American Civil War? It would seem the threat of another ... because neither side seems ready to ...

And how different might the outcomes have been in Vietnam ... This cover image released by Knopf shows “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War” by Michael Vorenberg. (Knopf via AP ...

Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his second ...

the meaning and even the outcome of the war. In the immediate aftermath of the war, American commentators painted the battles of 1812-15 as part of a glorious “second war for independence.” ...

The film is a comprehensive and definitive history of the American Civil War, and the recipient of 40 major film and television awards, including two Emmys and two Grammys. Heralded as an ...

And how different might the outcomes have been in Vietnam ... The Struggle to End the American Civil War” by Michael Vorenberg. (Knopf via AP) But we Americans are an impatient people; we ...