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Confederate fortifications at Fort Mahone during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A Confederate soldier killed near the end of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Confederate dead in the trenches of Fort Mahone at the end of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Dead Confederate in the trenches of Fort Mahone at the end of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

In early 1861, the United States faced an unprecedented constitutional crisis rooted in the expansion and protection of slavery. Abraham Lincoln’s...

The European colonization of the Americas was the process by which European settlers populated the regions of North, Central, South America, and the islands of the Caribbean. It is also recognized as the direct...

The Constitutional Convention was held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 25 May to 17 September 1787. Spurred on by economic troubles left over from the American Revolution and compounded by the...

In this interview, World History Encyclopedia talks to author and scholar Gordon Campbell all about his new book Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth published by Oxford University Press. Kelly (WHE): Thanks...

The Monroe Doctrine, a significant piece of United States foreign policy, was first articulated by President James Monroe in 1823, and it essentially warns the powers of Europe from meddling...

George B. McClellan (1826-1885) was an American army officer and engineer who was elevated to the position of Commanding General of the United States Army in 1861 and was the Major General of the Army of...