More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the ... especially laws interfering with the South's right to keep slaves and take them wherever they wished.

In the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed ... in 1862 that North Carolina was losing approximately a million dollars ...

EDENTON, N.C.—Rod Phillips and Michael Dean, a pair of white 70-something retirees, take opposing sides in the Civil War, usually between ... monuments in the South drew national attention.

The setup episode explores why the South seceded and the real reasons behind the war, while the first episode explains how and why the Civil War began. This series will provide an in-depth look at ...

In the 160 years since, researchers have repeatedly sought to quantify the Civil War ... trauma caused by the war and the memorialization of the Confederacy in the South.

The Republican Party were not popular in the South. Southerners believed that they wished to abolish slavery. In the 1860 election the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all the Northern states.