The 1860 presidential election, which saw Abraham Lincoln win without Southern support, intensified divisions over slavery ...

The date selected for this event was between Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and Nov. 19, which is when President Abraham Lincoln gave ...

The Civil War claimed the lives of approximately 620.000 young men, tore families apart, and shaped a nation. The conflict holds immense historical significance. This restored and colorized collection ...

This restored and colorized collection offers a sober and unfiltered glimpse into life during the American Civil War in the ...

In the 1840s, Parker was denied admission to the New York State bar, despite meeting all the requirements and training to ...

Burns' new series focuses on pivotal battles and the historical insights from renowned historians and experts.

Ely Samuel Parker, a Native American who served as an aide to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War, was kept from practicing ...

Zach Nunamaker, of Momence, gave a presentation on Iroquois County soldiers who served in the two largest Illinois infantries ...

A short car ride from Atlanta, Athens, and Augusta, lies a Georgia town steeped in historical sites that both history and ...

As America pushed westward, old divisions over slavery deepened — setting the stage for Civil War. America was halfway ...

UA's upcoming School of Leadership and Policy will add to the Tuscaloosa campus' dozen existing schools and colleges.

In the next 56 minutes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar of the Civil War, slavery, and of Frederick Douglas, offered a ...