By 1860, the rift between the slave...
The secession of South Carolina...
The conquest of the Two Sicilies...
Despite the Confederacy's...
The attack on Fort Sumter aroused...
When the Civil War broke out,...
Moving through Kentucky down the...
Union successes in Tennessee forced...
For some time after the Oregon...
Having established naval supremacy,...
Bankrupt after its Reform War,...
After a stunning victory at...