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How the American Civil War began

The American Civil War erupted in 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, followed soon after by the First Battle of Bull Run. This video traces the opening shots of the war, the shockwaves ...
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 ...
Mississippi State University

Civil War scholars to lead Williams lecture on Lincoln, 13th Amendment next month

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Noted Civil War experts Brandi C. Brimmer and Judith Giesberg are leading a discussion on the 16th president and the amendment abolishing slavery during the eighth annual Frank and ...
csis.org

Is the United States Headed Toward a Civil War?

The answer is no. These Critical Questions use core findings from the academic literature on civil wars and political violence to situate recent tragic events and fundamentally challenge the notion ...
The New York Times

The English Killed Their King. Was It Because of Fish?

In “The Blood in Winter,” Jonathan Healey explores the many causes of the English Civil War. By Catherine Nicholson Catherine Nicholson is a professor of English at Yale and the author of “Uncommon ...
Portland Press Herald

Pejepscot History Center lecture examines how war affects the natural world

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
Daily Herald

Elmhurst Choral Union commemorates Civil War anniversary with oratorio performance, lecture

To recognize the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of the American Civil War, the Elmhurst Choral Union will perform “An American Civil War Memorial,” an oratorio composed by Dr. Michael Karasis, on ...
Newsweek

Plurality of Americans Believe ‘Civil War’ Likely in Next Decade—Poll

The U.S. has seen an uptick in political polarization, as well as growing political unrest in recent weeks, such as the assassination of Minnesota politician Melissa Hortman and protests over ...
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Uproar over upcoming SSU lecture by Palestinian American scholar fuels academic freedom, antisemitism and Gaza war debates

A UC Berkeley professor’s upcoming lecture on Gaza and genocide has sparked a coordinated email campaign targeting Sonoma State University. The university is moving forward with the event, defending ...
The Vindicator

TTH lecture looks at Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...
The Advocate

LSU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to host member of Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table

In the early hours of April 27, 1865, mere days after the end of the Civil War, the Sultana — a 260-foot-long wooden steamboat — burst into flames along the Mississippi River. Built in Cincinnati in ...