A Soviet-made 152mm artillery shell hit the battleship amidship on its port side. The direct hit shattered the Wisconsin’s teak wood planking, shattered the shield of a 40mm gun mount and wounded ...

4:1 — The ratio of people who attended church weekly to those who voted in the 1860 election 2.5 — Approximate percentage of the American population that died in the Civil War 7 million ...

Spotlight on a letter from a young Union soldier interested in a commission with an African American regiment and ... the episodes Chandler Tintype and Civil War Letters, each of which looks ...

For a land-locked state, Wyoming has its share of naval history, including two battleships that served in the Civil War, ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II ... Farrell had served aboard more modern ships, of course. She was on guided-missile cruisers USS Vella Gulf, USS San Jacinto and USS Vicksburg ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

One Texan newspaper professed itself “thrilled by the death of our oppressor." The American Civil War left a bitter legacy. In the south, burned and devastated, the whites remained very angry ...