The Border States of the South were settled mainly by the descendants of the people from eastern Virginia. The folk of this colony were much given to thought on political matters.

Throughout the war, fighting was largely concentrated in areas around the border between Southern slave states and Northern free states. Still, Civil War battles spread across a total of 23 states ...

However, a turning point has already been reached. With Kentucky, the last border state has been pushed into the series of battlefields between South and North. With the real war for the border states ...

A South Carolina State University professor goes beyond the traditional understanding of the Civil War's causes in his new book.

The story of events leading up to the Civil War along the border of Kansas and Missouri. In the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused ...

To identify the states with the most Civil War battles, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data from the National Archives Catalog from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.