Slavery began to flourish in the U.S. at the end of the 18th century with Eli...
The Civil War
Season 1 Episode 4: Simply Murder (1863)
By early 1863, Union soldiers with the Army of the Potomac had not been paid for 6 months and supplies were thin. Some 200 men were deserting every day and by January one-quarter of the men were AWOL. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, the new Union...