Many Civil War battles have two names, one Southern and one Northern. For instance, the South referred to one battle as "Shiloh" while the North called the same battle "Pittsburg Landing." The Sout...

"[T]he Union will endure forever, it being impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself.... It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere m...

Approximate ratio of American deaths in the Civil War to American deaths in all other wars combined: 1:1 Total population of the eleven Confederate States in 1860: 9,101,090. Total number of slaves...

Compromise of 1850 A negotiated settlement devised by Senator Henry Clay to defuse tensions building between proslavery and antislavery political leaders. It included the admission of California in...