Beyond the remaining Loyalist States, several independent ... winning the titular war. Civil War's third act takes place ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the ... that was central to the conflict. A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted to assert their ...

The Confederacy surrendered soon afterwards. Click here to see which states had the most battles during the Civil War.

During the Civil War, the young United States dealt with an unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President ...

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath ... actors with those by refugees in border states or by the diaspora," Khoury said.