A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Campbell's focus is far from skirmishes but rather ...

The Lost Peace' by Jay Winik. The most serious attempt to evade America's Civil War was probably doomed to fail, said Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker. But that effort at reco ...

Our list of the top movies to watch and stream on the 4th of July includes classic 4th of July movies, the best patriotic ...

Before the presidency, Donald Trump made a name for himself in the media as a real estate and business mogul, hosting the reality TV show "The Apprentice" from 2004 to 2015, and serving as a guest ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, United States. Military Telegraph Corps, United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Publisher New York : Century Co. Collection civilwardocuments; americana Contributor ...

Donald Trump believes he could have handled Civil War better than Abraham Lincoln Donald Trump told the reporters on Wednesday, "The Civil War, it always seemed to me maybe that could've been solved ...

Lincoln & Grant in the Last Year of the Civil War CSPAN June 18, 2025 4:13pm-4:16pm EDT Historians Joseph Glatthaar and Joan Waugh discussed the relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and ...

Facebook X Reddit Email President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on ...