In the thirty years leading up to the Civil War ... 1845: Slaveholding Texas is annexed into the United States, sparking the Mexican War. By 1848, Mexico cedes more than half of its territory ...

Civil War is a haunting take speculative war film, splintering the United States into four distinct factions. The film ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin’s Black population grew steadily after the end of the American Civil War in the 1860s, and most lived in small communities called "Freedmen's towns" that were located ...