Black men and women were forced to build fortifications ... But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to end slavery.

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" Sonja Anderson During the Civil War ... North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women ...

The disputes escalated into a civil war in ... in 1643 to ban women from wearing men’s clothes and fighting for the Royalist army. Women did not just fight in the War. Elizabeth Alkin was ...

Among the obscured pages are cemetery guides focused on Black soldiers, women’s military service and Civil War veterans. Some of the materials were still online Friday, but they were no longer ...

A historian raises concerns as the NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction in Fayetteville moves ...