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

Fred Minus brought Civil War history to life at Hopewell Valley Central High School, highlighting the experiences of Black ...

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

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

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

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

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

In April, more than 200 Civil War and history enthusiasts from across the United States and Canada converged on the Andrew ...

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

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

Local Civil War history is told partially through the relics, like these at the Winery at Bull Run, Photo by Mike Salmon.

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...