He’s covered elections in every corner of America and co-authored a best ... the country has returned to a post-Civil War politics, when, as the saying went, people “vote as they shot ...

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The three unmarked graves of Civil War veterans can be found in Chippewa Falls and the American Legion Post 77 is on a ...

Many now believe that the U.S. could descend into political violence. Some are joining survivalist communities, canning food—and buying guns.

It begs the questions—how common were blood transfusions during the American Civil War ... to be debated among physicians in the post-Civil War period, particularly during the First and Second ...

In this blog post, Devine details Americans' changing ... Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (New York: Knopf, 2008). Mark S. Schantz, Awaiting ...

There are hundreds of headstones in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Chippewa Falls. But for Stephanie Benson and other members of ...

Many Americans feared a second Civil War if Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, lost the 2024 US presidential election.

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At the climax of the divisive movie “Civil War,” American soldiers snake through ... he discusses his take on “Civil War” and ...

A historian who has studied the post-Civil War era reminds us that culture wars drive turnout as well as partisanship. And the cure doesn’t always work as intended.