RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, a new four-hour documentary executive produced and hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will premiere Tuesdays, April 9 and 16, 2019 on PBS nationwide.

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com.

It seems dire predictions of political violence are now commonly issued both by the country’s extreme fringes as well as from the mainstream, write Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware.

On April 12, 1861, the first shots of the war were fired in Charleston, S.C. And 150 years later, the city is still figuring out how to talk about the war and commemorate the anniversary. How do ...

What Was the Civil War? Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War.

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Even if we leave aside the actual Civil War, it has long been endemic in the U.S. Were the wars of extermination against American Indians not civil wars too?

Check out the warring factions of America on the new poster for Civil War, starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, and more.

From Cold Mountain to Dances with Wolves, these are the best movies about the American Civil War.

Is America on brink of civil war? Such predictions are overblown and dangerous. One suspects that it’s the democracy raters who have become politicized, not American institutions.

The story of the four March sisters — one of whom is played by none other than big-screen legend Katharine Hepburn — plays out against the backdrop of the American Civil War.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe's new movie, Captain America: Civil War, opens Friday. As a character, Captain America has long responded to the politics of the time and this movie is no different.