At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money; it only minted coins. As a historian of the American Civil War, I study how the Confederate government ...

As the final months of the American Civil War unfolded, we follow how a long-fractured nation moved from brutal fighting ...

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

We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact, reality was ...

This video looks at what became of the Confederates after the Civil War ended in 1865. From the surrender at Appomattox to ...

The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...

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

Last week, The Hill reported that a Virginia school district had been sued by the state NAACP after it restored Confederate military names for two buildings. The school board in Shenandoah County had ...

As we honor the men and women who served our nation, we must remember the changes made during the Biden administration to ...

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

Herschell Gordon Lewis’ gore epic concerns a group of murderous Southerners who lure six amorously intentioned tourists to their Civil War-era town, which is celebrating its centenary. On this ...