But for a lot of Americans, the celebration, and the flag itself, are more complicated than that. That’s the question that Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in show, is setting out to tackle this ...

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: * The Union defeated the Confederacy. * The ...

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.

After sitting in storage for more than 70 years Raymond Deyo decided it was time for a World War II flag to come out. He got some help from an expert to put this piece of history on display (WSFA ...

The Civil War began at 4:30 am on April 12, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, Charleston, SC.

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

Though, you know, most Civil War novels are written by serious people. So I think I bring something very unique on that term - this sort of catch-22 by way of the 1860s. RASCOE: Talk to us about ...