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6 Civil War mysteries historians still debate

The Civil War left behind more than battlefields and stories. It left unanswered questions, strange reports, missing ...
The Armchair Historian on MSNOpinion

What made the American Civil War so deadly?

Brutal battles, outdated tactics, and groundbreaking weaponry collided in a war that would claim more American lives than any ...
Wired

Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...
The New Yorker

Was the Civil War Inevitable?

Out of guilt or amnesia, we tend to treat wars, in retrospect, as natural disasters: terrible but somehow inevitable, beyond anyone’s control. Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First ...
Rocky Mount Telegram

Historian shares insight on Civil War skirmish in Martin County

Outside her day job as a public information officer for Martin County Schools, Sarah Stalls has a love for local history.
PRIMETIMER

Civil War ending explained: Why does Jessie photograph Lee’s death and the President’s execution?

Civil War begins as a road movie about journalists crossing a broken America, but it ends as Jessie Cullen’s origin story. Written and directed by Alex Garland, the 2024 A24 film stars Kirsten Dunst ...