Can we easily find sites for our search on Civil War Generals by burrowing down through the hierarchy? Let's see:

I first go to Yahoo! at http://www.yahoo.com.

Looking over the category sections list, I don't see History as an option. I'll have to try a category to see if history is a subcatagory. Since Civil War Generals relates to the military, I'll try Government > Military.

The next screen give me another list of subcatagory options. Again, I need to make a choice to drop down another level in the hierarchy. My choices include Countries, Ethics, History@, News and Media, and Veterans.

 

 

Notice that already Yahoo! is parsing out sites. Under the subcatagory listing are three sites. These sites fall under the Government > Military category, and cannot be subcatagorized any more (at least according to the Yahoo! staff)

Another thing to note is the '@' after the History subcatagory.
Yahoo! uses the '@' to indicate that the subcatagory is actually part of another category path.

Finally, after some categories is a number in (). That number tells me the possible number of sites OR subcategories the next level down.

I think I will find information about Civil War Generals in the History category, so I'll click the History@ link.

Now I've jumped over to the Military History section. Yahoo! crosslinks categories a lot, so at the tope of each page is the hierarchy path. This helps me know where I'm at.

This section has a subcatagory called Wars. The Civil War was a war, so I'll try that path.

Look at all these wars! And there is the Civil War. I think I'm getting closer. I'll click on U.S Civil War@ (remember - an '@' means I'll be jumping categories).