The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...

The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

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.

The Civil War ended in 1865 with the defeat of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment. However, the devastating impact of this war left deep scars: ...

The American Civil War ended with the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865. READ MORE: First RI Regiment honored in ceremony ; At the Varnum Armory Museum, ...

In June 1865, Union troops led by ... Neither Delaware nor Kentucky ended slavery during the Civil War, so some historians estimate there were still around 65,000 enslaved people in 1865.

Klinger was a veteran of the Civil War 1861-1865, fighting with the Pennsylvania 172nd Regiment. He mostly did guard duty and picket duty and didn’t participate in any battles.

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

May 30th, or Decoration Day, was established three years after the Civil War ended on May 5th, 1868. Sack says the purpose was for the nation to decorate, with flowers, the graves of all the men ...