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Perhaps even more surprising, the Civil War has frequently been marked as the moment when American government began transforming itself away from federalism, state rights, and the small scale ...

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The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need.

I fear that there is a looming civil war on the horizon. It is not yet inevitable, but all true American patriots must be prepared for the coming battle. And the costs in blood will be heavy. This ...

A world war on American soil: How the Civil War became a global struggle When the Union and the Confederacy charged into battle in 1861, the whole world was watching — and waiting By Don H. Doyle ...

♦♦♦ The winding path to civil war has yet another wrinkle: the people-elite divide. In the 1770s and the 1850s, American fissuring was championed by opposing elites.

Indeed, 12 military men in the American Revolution were drawing pensions in the Civil War, and the photos of six appeared in E.B. Hillard’s book “The Last Men of the Revolution” in 1864.

It's easy to see the dangers of partisanship in the 1860s. And as Kalmoe points out, America's very bloody Civil War was preceded by decades of escalating partisan violence, often around elections.