This family letter from the Civil War provides a glimpse into what the holiday was like for Union soldiers Nanci Edwards Vidal Thom was my great-great uncle. On Christmas Day, 1861, the 19-year ...

When Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, he was thinking about the Civil War. And so was the woman who had lobbied for Thanksgiving for years.

Thanksgiving Was Born From America’s Struggles The history of the Pilgrims, the early Republic and the Civil War shaped a holiday that calls for gratitude in the face of challenges. By ...

A s Thanksgiving approaches on this election year, many of us can’t help but think of politics. We may feel grateful for the election outcome.

Thanksgiving in Alabama: 'Yankee' holiday didn't catch on until after Civil War After the war, Alabama had Thanksgiving on Dec. 7, 1865, and Nov. 29, 1866; Previously the South thought of it as a ...

In the midst of this Thanksgiving season, let's remember the ... President Abraham Lincoln saw it through almost 75 years later in hopes of calming and uniting the nation during the Civil War. ...

The Thanksgiving story most of us hear is about friendship and unity. And that's what Sarah Josepha Hale had on her mind when she sat down to write a letter to President Lincoln in 1863, deep into ...

Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation of October 1863 during the Civil War sought to unite the country and build peace. The writer Sarah Josepha Hale had written Lincoln encouraging him to make ...

A s Thanksgiving approaches on this election year, ... Soon after, the Civil War commenced and more states left. That political crisis was far deeper than the one we face today.