The American Civil War from 1861-1865 was a monumental internal war between the Northern and Southern states. Its Central issue was slavery and its expansion in the newly acquired western territories.

Adventure Adviser: I normally stick to a strict adventure-questions-only diet, Kim, but being a closet Civil War buff with a penchant for trivia, I can’t resist this one. So here’s the scoop: The ...

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Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...