Five weeks after Fort Sumter, the official starting point of the war, Ellsworth’s Fire Zouaves received the command to sail ...

Tyler Alexander’s ‘If I Can Get Home This Fall’ shares a collection of historical letters illuminating what motivated a young ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Noted Civil War experts Brandi C. Brimmer and Judith Giesberg are leading a discussion on the 16th president and the amendment abolishing slavery during the eighth annual Frank and ...

So, you say you want a “civil war”? In the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk, Republican elected officials and members of the Trump administration have led or followed denizens of right-wing social ...

A new statue of President Abraham Lincoln was installed in front of the African American Civil War Museum on Sept. 5. Sculpted by Stan Watts, the bronze artwork depicts Lincoln signing the ...

HINSDALE, N.H. — The Hinsdale Historical Society announced its largest event of the year: a Civil War Encampment to be held Saturday at the historic Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale House. This immersive ...

A visit to Newcastle, England, in 1846 led to one of the most consequential friendships in the history of abolitionism. There, historians believe, Frederick Douglass, 28, met Julia Griffiths, a ...

This weekend, hundreds of history buffs will strive to faithfully recreate the battles, scenes and personae of America’s Civil War, as the Huntington Beach Historical Society hosts its 32nd annual ...

Bullet to the brain, from one farm boy to another. When John Wilkes Booth fired a .44 lead ball into Abraham Lincoln’s head, the murder shook a nation to its core and led to 13 days of bedlam rivaling ...

JACKSON, MI – Step back in time to the 1800s at the annual Jackson Civil War Muster. The muster returns Saturday, Aug. 23 and Sunday, Aug. 24 at Cascades Falls Park, 1401 S. Brown St. Much like ...

A rendering of Pennsylvania soldiers voting by artist William Waud was published in Harper’s Weekly, Oct. 29, 1864. (Library of Congress) “We cannot have free government without elections,” President ...