Article: Crittenden Compromise

Article: Constitutional Union party
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military;      58 words ...Constitutional Union party a political party organized in Baltimore in May 1860 by the Whig and Know Nothing parties. The Constitutional Union party criticized sectional politics and was supported by states...part of the country would become the main battleground in a civil war.

Article: Hollywood's fascination with the Civil War. (Column)
USA Today (Magazine);  January 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...TED TURNER's Civil War epic, Gettysburg, has received mixed...the nation's preoccupation with the Civil War, no better evidenced than in its numerous...replications in the American cinema. While Civil War buffs doubtless will have unpleasant...

Article: The Civil War.(Video recording review)
Military Review;  September 1, 2007 ;     365 words ...THE CIVIL WAR, A&E Television, The History Channel...DVD. Its liner notes announce that The Civil War, the History Channel's new handsomely...claims fall short, however, because The Civil War lacks a thematic organization or premise...

Article: Newly Remastered and Available for the First Time Ever on DVD, Ken Burns's ``The Civil War'' Hits Shelves September 17.
Business Wire;  June 19, 2002 ;     503 words ......PBS Home Video bring Ken Burns's The Civil War to DVD for the first time. Digitally remastered, The Civil War DVD will feature collectible packaging...highly anticipated rebroadcast of The Civil War on September 22-26, 2002. Ken Burns's...

Article: The war over words.(Editorials)(White House won't call Iraq conflict a civil war)(Editorial)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  November 30, 2006 ;     668 words ......to deny that Iraq is engulfed in a civil war. To allow the catastrophe he has spawned to be characterized as a civil war could cause waning public patience...divert the discussion from the term civil war that he has resorted to blaming al-Qae...

Article: New Civil War DVD's Feature Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Morgan's Raiders.
Business Wire;  October 2, 2002 ;     385 words ......entry in its documentary series on the American Civil War. Titled Civil War Minutes - Confederate, this set of two DVD's or...libraries and other institutions. Whereas the original Civil War Minutes, released in 2001, featured episodes based...

Article: FEATURE/For Unforgettable Father's Day Gift, Take Dad to Largest Civil War Reenactment in Virginia's History.
Business Wire;  June 1, 1999 ;     374 words ......Father Who Inspired Father's Day Was a Civil War Vet Families looking for an unforgettable...the option of witnessing the largest Civil War reenactment in Virginia's history which...the Overland Campaign, more than 10,000 Civil War reenactors will converge near Brandy...

Article: Prisoner‐of‐War Camps, Civil War
The Oxford Companion to American Military History;      609 words ...Prisoner‐of‐War Camps, Civil War. Before 1861, Americans had never had...or sent to farms on the frontier. The Civil War abruptly changed that situation. In four...Totally divorced from the outside world, Civil War prisoners endured an unchanging routine...

Article: The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction.(Book review)
Military Review;  January 1, 2009 ;     480 words ...THE CIVIL WAR AND THE LIMITS OF DESTRUCTION, Mark E...Neely focuses on a unique aspect of the Civil War to challenge a basic premise of many...century. Neely compares the American Civil War to the U.S. -Mexican War, the Mexican...

Article: What Caused the Civil War? Reflections on the South and Southern History.(Book review)
The Historian;  March 22, 2007 ;     414 words ...What Caused the Civil War? Reflections on the South and Southern...prolonged discussion of the causes of the Civil War, it is a collection of essays the author...about the South than it is about the Civil War, although, as the text makes clear...

Article: New ``Civil War Life'' DVD Set Puts Faces on America's Civil War.
Business Wire;  September 22, 2003 ;     389 words ......box set focusing on the lives of two Civil War heroes. Designed for direct-to-home DVD, schools and libraries, Civil War Life contains two biographies totaling...and fights in many of the deadliest Civil War battles. The second DVD, Shot to Pieces...

Article: Women In The American Civil War.(Brief article)(Book review)
Internet Bookwatch;  February 1, 2008 ;     268 words ...Women In The American Civil War Lisa Tendrich Frank, editor ABC-CLIO...Tendrich Frank, Women In The American Civil War is a two volume compendium focusing...during the four years of the American civil war. Largely unknown, these women and...

Article: America Online Launches New ``Civil War'' Special Feature to Coincide With the Broadcast of Ken Burns's Epic Series the Civil War on PBS.
Business Wire;  September 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam AOL Keyword: Civil War Offers Live Online Chats with Ken Burns and Other Historians, Authors and Artists; Civil War Genealogy Search; Guides to Local Civil War Sites; Art and Photo Galleries; Civil War...

Article: Part of a global pattern? The debate that currently rages as to whether or not Iraq has descended into civil war is, of course, purely academic to the ordinary Iraqis who find themselves suffering under the weight of the conflict, whatever name the politicians choose to give it. But in the world of international diplomacy, such distinctions are important.(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
The Middle East;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......ADMISSION THAT IRAQ IS IN THE grip of all-out civil war would also be an admission of failure...ending it. But what exactly constitutes a civil war? Naturally opinions differ. America's...the country has already descended into civil war. However, others who put forward this...