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Clara Barton: Civil War Battlefield Nurse

By: Megan L. Oakley

General George Pickett: The Story of the Man Behind the Famed "Pickett's Charge"

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Carpetbaggers and Reconstruction: American Opportunism in the Post-Civil War Years

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Abraham Lincoln's Beard: First President with a Beard

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Sinking of Steamboat Sultana: Post-war explosion Claimed Lives of an Estimated 1,700 people

By: David Moormann

Albert D. Richardson's Escape: A Northern War Correspondent Captured by Confederates

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Port Hudson Site of Longest Siege: Confederacy Withstood Union's Constant Assault for 48 Days

By: David Moormann

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War: Why President Lincoln Fought a War to Stop Southern Secession

By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

Political Causes of the Civil War: Why the North and South Divided Over States' Rights

By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

Civil War Horses: Cavalry Horses Suffered More Than Soldiers

By: Laura Harrison McBride

Lincoln, Liberty, and Power: A Paradigm Shift in American Politics

By: John Crandall

Robert E. Lee's Mistakes: The Hero of the Confederacy Made crucial Errors

By: Curtis J. Smothers

Civil War Crisis: The American Civil War Begins April 12, 1861

By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

Bleeding Kansas: Lawrence, Pottawatomie, Price, and Quantrill

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Civil War Begins at Fort Sumter: South Carolina is First State to Secede from Union

By: Mary Trotter Kion

John Brown at Pottawatomie: Bloody Massacre in Kansas Territory

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Slavery as an Issue for War: When Did the Civil War Really Begin?

By: Mary Trotter Kion

General Pierre Beauregard: First Hero of Confederacy During Civil War

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Kansas-Nebraska Act: Slavery in Kansas Creates Bloody Violence

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Brooks Canes Sumner: Preston Brooks attacks Charles Sumner with a cane in the Senate

By: John Crandall

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