“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and “The ...

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...

Dozens gathered in East Greenwich Saturday afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of the Civil War's final battle.The ...

Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

Today, and every April 9 to come, should be a national holiday. A holiday to commemorate, celebrate, and sanctify the story ...

The American Civil War ended with the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865. At the Varnum Armory Museum, a band playing Civil War era music played some tunes, and several ...

Universal Images Group/ O n March 27, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order, insisting that our history must ...

The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.