On both sides, the Civil War boasted men who were brilliant and charismatic—and others who did not live up to expectations. Many leaders earned reputations and nicknames based on their actions in war.

And then there were some white Southern leaders who said ... which 3 out of 4 white men of military age do during the Civil War -- white women are left, as one wrote to Jefferson Davis ...

The second Sudanese civil war from 1983 to 2005 killed an estimated two million people, with widespread documentation of famine and atrocities. In July 2011, Sudan’s southern territory seceded ...