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

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

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

When we think of the American Civil War, the division between Americans in the North and the South comes to mind. But it ...

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

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Between the bookshelves and in his book, "The Outlaw John Locke," Twice Sold Tales co-owner John MacBeath Watkins' restless ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

“I'm not a historian, but from reading a great deal of history, it just seems that it's being stressed to the point now probably as closer to the American Civil War, 1860, because the split in ...

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

An American professor has predicted a potential second civil war in the United States, warning that the country could ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...