We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact ...

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

Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...

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

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...

Submitted photo April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General ... Chautauqua County Veterans for one year.” On April 6, 1865 Fenton ...

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 ... Ended.” On April 9, 1865 ...