Lincoln won the presidential election in November 1860. But he would not actually become President until his inauguration on March 4th, 1861 in Washington. During the three months between his ...

A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue ... they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly ...

Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. But many ...

He also affirmed that he would not accept secession from any state and wished ... of the conflict's conclusion coming up in 2025, the Civil War continues to fascinate readers with a taste for ...

The Civil War was not fought over slavery but over the issue of Constitutional states’ rights. The Lost Cause posited that secession was based upon the North and, thereby, the federal government ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... Walt Whitman called it the War of Attempted Secession. Confederate General Joseph Johnston called it the War Against the States.

He was a physics lecturer at UNN when the civil war began. For the next 30 months ... emergence of Igbo groups agitating once again for secession, particularly the Indigenous People of Biafra ...

Such resistance looks destined to escalate into a secession movement in 2025 ... shortly after the U.S. Civil War ended, dampens prospects for any state’s ability to break away.

While most people associate secession with America’s Civil War history, the idea of disuniting the United States has crept into the national discussion with reliable frequency since our country ...

The idea of Canada or parts of Canada joining the United States has been a recurring theme in Canada’s history. This was ...

It is 50 years since Nigeria's brutal civil war calling for the secession of Biafra started. By the time it ended in 1970 over one million people had perished. Now a new movement has emerged ...