Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war, approximately the same number as in all of America's other wars ...

I’m interviewing one of the last Confederados who still speaks English with a southern accent and even some unique words! The Confederados were descendants of Confederate soldiers who fled the U.S.

The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America.

Fort Fisher State Historic Site will mark the 160th anniversary with living history demonstrations among other activities.

Finally, constitutionally and politically, Lincoln had to grapple with the evolving meaning of the Civil War. Initially, Lincoln espoused only the cause of Unionism. But as the war continued, he saw ...

A search of the Advertiser's archives did not reveal an 1865 Thanksgiving proclamation ... didn’t really begin until years after the Civil War defeat and the end of slavery.

In 1865, the Civil War in America ended. The northern states had defeated the southern states. The years immediately after the war were known as the Reconstruction era. The Government changed the ...

37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War was about slavery ... Douglass, What the Black Man Wants, Jan. 26, 1865. 43. Id. 44. Henry McNeal Turner, Washington Correspondence Christian Recorder, Jan ...