This week in our series, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith describe the first days of the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

In the early days of human history, people survived by hunting wild animals, or gathering wild grains and plants for food.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Tunisia is observing three days of mourning for people killed in the revolution that ousted the president a week ago.

VOA: special.2011.01.22

He was afraid Confederate forces in Virginia might try to capture Washington in the first days of the war.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

He had seen days of much food and laughter; fat stomachs when food was left to rot and spoil;

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Clara Barton started her life as a nurse during the early days of the Civil War in eighteen sixty-one.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

The cooler days of fall are a good time to explore the outdoors in and around the nation's capital.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

His trip would extend over more than Within a few days of the dinner party, Robert Fulton began his preparations.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Across this strange land, no man in the early days of the West knew just where death was waiting for him.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

The snow is so deep in some areas that it will stay on the ground well into the hot days of summer.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

For example, an explorer can be affected mentally after days of walking through the snowy environment of Antarctica.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

It was a disaster. In eleven days of fighting, one-third of the Confederate Army in Georgia was destroyed.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

The tradition of marking the first one hundred days of a new president began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

Five days of talks recently took place in Rome at the headquarters of the U.N.Food and Agriculture Organization.

VOA: special.2009.02.10