The scope of images ranges from horrifying ... in the waning days of the Civil War – a siege that ended with a Union victory in March 1865 and enabled the fall of nearby Richmond.

The U.S. has rarely hosted military parades during peacetime—or on a president’s birthday. The last military parade occurred ...

The American Civil War killed more Americans than any other conflict in our history: 600,000-750,000 people. Since the war concluded in 1865, though, numerous other countries have suffered through ...

Abraham Lincoln at Antietam during the Civil War. (Getty Images) By signing up ... Lee, technically surrendered on April 9, 1865, the Confederates never stopped fighting. Just two days after ...

“Civil War,” Alex Garland’s divisive new action ... the young Syrian refugee found lying dead on a Turkish beach, images of atrocities have galvanized movements and commanded international ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the head of the Union Army, on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, the Civil War did not end until 16 months later.

Neither Delaware nor Kentucky ended slavery during the Civil War, so some historians estimate there were still around 65,000 enslaved people in 1865. In December 1865, the end of slavery was ...