The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue enabled revenue-destructive tariffs.

We are highlighting the history of African Americans in Colorado and how they shaped our past. We looked at the city's ...

An inflection point in American history, the US Civil War erupted ... it was the costliest war ever waged by the United States. Breaking out in 1861 and ending in 1865 with the surrender of ...

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Indiana Soldiers in the Civil War, and The Battle of Gettysburg. A few highlights include a Lincoln-signed letter he wrote in June of 1861 just as the war was kicking off, a Hoosier soldier’s ...

There is general agreement that the United States has had three truly great presidents – George Washington (1789-1797), Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865), and Franklin Delano ... of the southern states, the ...