Could the president’s actions really push America into uncharted territory? A guide to the current power struggle — and where ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series continues with a new deep dive into the American Civil War, ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series continues with a new series on the American Civil War, following ...

In December, the leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia met in Turkey and agreed to initiate technical talks aimed at reaching a ...

A Washington Post story on the matter said Mountaineers split from Virginia as a way of “defending the ‘United States’… ...

Texas is one of the few states that were once independent countries, and is quite proud of that. But just 16 years after ...

West Virginia’s birth was an act of defiance, a bold statement against tyranny and injustice. When Virginia seceded during the Civil War, the northern counties refused to follow, choosing instead ...

Seven Southern states had already seceded with the fate of Kentucky, a slave state, still unknown. In that atmosphere, ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

The first Confederate flag had a varying number of stars based on how many states seceded from the Union. Some versions had nine stars, but they were arranged in a circle. See the sources for this ...

Only three of the six justices were present so there was no quorum. Advertisement In 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. In 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...