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...
Number of Union soldiers killed during the Civil War: 360,000
Number of Confederate soldiers killed during the Civil War: 258,000
Total number of men killed during the Civil War: 618,000_CI...
A negotiated settlement devised by Senator Henry Clay to defuse tensions building between proslavery and antislavery political factions in congress. The compromise included the admission of Califor...