Kings and Generals continues its animated historical documentary series with a new focus on the American Civil War. This ...

The following is an extract from a letter received in Albany from an officer of the United States Army on duty at Fort Sumter: JANUARY 12, 1861. MY DEAR SIR -- You know our position here.

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Here are the burning questions of Union and states' rights, John Brown at Harpers Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the firing on Fort Sumter, and the jubilant rush to arms on both ...