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

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, ‘The Last American Road Trip,’ Sarah ...

Kings and Generals launches a new animated documentary series on the American Civil War, following the success of their American Revolution coverage. This first installment dives into the road to war, ...

They’ll ask me whether there were any Hispanic or Native American people in the Civil War. I’m researching trying to keep one step ahead of them and then I think, ‘Sure enough. I have a book ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

Colorado lawmakers voted unanimously to approve a 24-foot statue to commemorate the Sand Creek Massacre. It will replace a ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

The Civil War must have been a confusing time for the tribes of Native Americans. Pushed from the east and relegated to Indian Territory, the group known as the Five ...

American Civil war 1861-1865, Germ Theory 1861, Meiji Restoration 1868, Opening of the Transpacific railway and Suez Canal 1869, Great Eastern Crisis 1875-1878, and more! Vatican reveals official ...

Editor's note: On this day April 12, 1861, the Confederate Army opened fire at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, launching the American Civil War. The War raged for four years and caused the deaths ...

But it was really part of what I call a triple whammy that happened after the Civil War, in the last 30 years ... awards for your work focusing on Native American issues, as well as grants and ...