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

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army fought on.

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia ...

As Mr. Wolfowtiz notes, Lincoln’s “vision” and “genius” was that he understood how to heal a country that had been split in half by a horrendous civil war. His life reminds us that our ...

although Lincoln did not live to see the ratification of the amendment in December 1865. Our collections provide many perspectives on the Civil War and give a fuller understanding of this epic event.

The following is an edited, excerpted version of Maureen McKinney’s interview with her longtime friend Stacy Lynn, about the ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before ...

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the end of fighting between the Union and Confederate military. A display of the Civil War in 3D is on display at the Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum, 423 ...

How much do you know about the Civil War? Our history quiz covers some of the basic Civil War questions that we feel are ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before ...