Dan Gediman’s new podcast, The Copperhead Conspiracy, looks at how thousands of Northerners conspired with the Confederacy to ...

William Henry Seward and his wife, Frances, shared antislavery convictions, but his career imposed great stress on their ...

At eleven, Willie Johnston carried his drum through the Seven Days retreat when others tossed their gear to survive.

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There was once an American who voted for both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. In this year of the nation’s 250th ...