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 deadliest and bloodiest battle in American history was the Civil War, a long and hard-fought battle that began on April 12, 1861, and ended almost exactly four years later on April 9 ...

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 ...

The sound of cannons and muskets will once again ring out at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. The event will mark the 160th ...

Those who worked and helped guide the Children’s Home, former residents and community members are invited to celebrate the ...

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.

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 ...