The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.

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 ...

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.

Fought over three days in March 1865, the Battle of Bentonville in Johnston County, North Carolina, is considered the last ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

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 Lincoln County Genealogical Society will host “Civil War Field Medicine” presentation at its monthly meeting on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 11 a.m. at the Toledo Public Library, 173 NW ...

The Winter program of the Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society (CVHS) will be held virtually at 3 p.m. EST on Sunday, ...

Learn about George C. Thilenius, a German immigrant and key figure in Missouri's 1865 Constitutional Convention. Discover his ...