Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

This is Part I of the remarkable story of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, believed to be the last soldier lost in ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

RED BLUFF – Cannon will roar once again at Cone Grove County Park this weekend. This longtime Red Bluff tradition kicks off on Friday with a school day attended by an expected group of 500 local ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For generations, Americans learned the same basic story about the end of the Civil ...

Freeman, Yale professor of history and American studies ... and editor who worked in Washington in the lead up to the Civil War. During his four decades in the nation’s capital, he crossed ...

gravesite in Trenton where at least six or more Black Civil War soldiers received burial ... She will learn about our history and hopefully help to improve this city and country.

There are many misconceptions about Florida's history, including the state's stance on, or involvement in, the Civil War — which officially began April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces opened ...

Women's history is just the latest casualty. Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery. (Department of Defense) A 2024 DoD News article from writer ...

Last month, Associate Professor of History Michael Vorenberg published his new book, “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War.” The book challenges the traditional narrative that ...

The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain in 1948, when it was still called Burma.