In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

The author is not the first scholar to tackle the history of America—as in the American continent, not just the United States ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

Old men cry war, young men die - Part 1When Eric Johnston, who befriended Stalin at the Kremlin in 1944, was asked if he ...

Bruce Anderson, an African American war hero buried in Amsterdam, fought alongside a Canajoharie white man, Zachariah Neahr, ...

When George Washington goes to heaven in the Gullah Traveling Theater’s telling of the American Revolution, Saint Peter stops ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

July 5 has long been a historic day in Carthage, as residents remember an early battle of the Civil War, which happened here on July 5, 1861, but this year the day had a special flavor. It included ...

The Civil War relics provide a history lesson. Behind the Glass In the Winery dining area, the walls are lined with glass display cases, adding a certain charm to the place.

On July 2, 1964, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...