The Civil War has been given many names: the War Between the States, the War Against Northern Aggression, the Second American Revolution, the Lost Cause, the War of the Rebellion, the Brothers ...

At the time of the Civil War, as a result of lax laws ... The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (MSHWR), an extraordinary six-volume work, summarized medical and surgical ...

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The three-day Civil War battle was a badly needed win for the North—but like all victories, it came with a price. From Pontiac's Rebellion to the Battle for Castle Itter, here are eight of the ...

And the Plains Indian Wars, which began during the rebellion and that many historians consider part and parcel of the Civil War, continued until the 1890s. Vorenberg recognizes that to determine ...