Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

EDENTON, N.C.—Rod Phillips and Michael Dean, a pair of white 70-something retirees, take opposing sides in the Civil War, usually between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturdays. They are separated by a ...

Civil War's United States has been splintered into multiple warring ... Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South ...

Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards, with some being deadly at up to 1,000 yards. ( These are the 14 guns that helped fight the Revolutionary War .) ...

However, California and Texas aren't the only states to join together in Civil War. Most of the South-Eastern states have formed the "Florida Alliance," including Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia ...

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, by Robert W. Merry. Simon & Schuster, 528 pages. With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

By 1863 and 1864, people on North Island, including people from the South Santee, were moved to Port Royal in Beaufort County and other coastal camps under Union control.