The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

Griffin reportedly plans to lend his copies of the Thirteenth Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation to a US institution ...

Three men spent time in jail under suspicion of being involved in the murder of Presdient Lincoln 160 years ago. Two were ...

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

In grade school, I lived in Springfield, Illinois. When family or friends visited, we would invariably take them to see ...

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: The American spirit.