Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

The Civil War day by day; an almanac, 1861-1865 by Long, E. B. (Everette Beach), 1919-1981; Long, Barbara, 1921- Publication date 1971 Topics United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- ...

Donald Trump was mocked online for seemingly not knowing when the civil war ended, causing users to claim their own president couldn't pass a citizenship test.

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.

Each winner of the 2025 Dr. Eugene and Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain Lansing Juneteenth Essay Competition and Scholarship Program ...

By: Casey Roberts and Josely Labarrere Staff Reporters What began in 1865 as a weekly four-page paper run on hope and ink has, 160 years later, become one of the most enduring pillars of journalism in ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

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

Davis, captured by Union forces, was imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Hood had surrendered to Union forces in Natchez, Miss. My primary celebration on Thursday, the 160th anniversary of the ...

Juneteenth is what the dictionaries call a “compression,” in this case of a date, ‘June Nineteenth.’ The actual June 19th that we mark with this holiday is June 19, 1865.

David Williams, . . New Press, $29.95 (594pp) ISBN 978-1-59558-018-4 This hefty but readable social history by a confessed disciple of Howard Zinn reframes the Civil War as a conflict not simply ...

On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and ...