(Photo Provided by the Civil War Roundtable) Historian and musician Steve Ball will present “The Music of Abraham Lincoln” to ...

Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library in Machias announces the release of “The Journey of the 37th New York ...

Walter Tolbert’s keepsakes from the war came to the Danville Historical Society by chance. They’re some of the only items the ...

Civil War reenactors participate in funeral services Oct. 16 for the burial of Union soldier Byron R. Johnson. Johnson was among nearly 30 Civil War veterans whose remains languished in storage ...

Many now believe that the U.S. could descend into political violence. Some are joining survivalist communities, canning ...

The ship’s pilot helped his family reach freedom, then served in the Civil War and in the U.S. Congress. Robert Smalls’s ...

S. diplomatic or consular representative for these wholesome victuals, but Captain Frank William Cannaday, a gloomy, stubborn Virginian who fought in the Spanish-American War and prospected for ...

Nigel Hamilton illuminates the conflict through a joint examination of its commanders.

If you ask the average citizen of any country whether their leaders should start wars, almost all would give a resounding “No.” The public, overall, opposes war, but tolerates leaders who ...