Here is a summary of the factors that led to the Civil War. You can also link to pages with photos on battles, forts, communication, hospitals, and more.

In this course Professor David Blight explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877 through twenty-seven video lectures. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple...

This is a narrative detailing the signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 and the controversy that grew from it.

A look at how the Northerners perceived the conflict between North and South, a conflict between people who were for freedom and and those who were for slavery.