The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... More than 3 million Americans fought in it, and over 600,000 men—2 percent of the population—died in it. Follow this timeline to chart the ...

Since the Civil War, presidential contests have been dominated by America's two major political parties – the Republicans and the Democrats. But over the last 150 years, state allegiance to ...

One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was ... as City Point. By war’s end, there were 204 Union general hospitals with 136,894 beds. During the war, over one million soldiers ...