The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...

WGLT talks to Raymond McKoski, the author of a new biography of David Davis, whose mansion and historic site in Bloomington ...

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...

"What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago ... ignited Lincoln's march to the presidency and eventually led to emancipation, ...

A special exhibit with 160 images of Abraham Lincoln, Civil War trivia ... Jefferson Davis and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stevens at the Civil War encampment in Burton.

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

Just in case Abraham Lincoln ever wishes to give an encore performance of that famous speech he delivered in 1863 at ...