We must become critical consumers of history again. Our present-day society demands it. We as black historians and consumers ...

President Joseph R. Biden posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Union Army Soldiers Private Philip G. Shadrach and ...

For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities ...

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

Then came the era of civil war, starting from 1861 to 1877. Abraham Lincoln led ... Grant is known for fighting for the ...

Explore key historical events from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, including the first Federalist Paper, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the ...

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

For the past few days, I've battled my fear by thinking about other times in American history when the outcome was uncertain, ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

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

Suicide rates in males steadily increased by 67% from 1861 to reach a peak of 30.3 per 100 000 by 1905. Rates then decreased to 21 per 100 000 in 1917 (during World War I), increasing to reach a ...

The Revenue Act of 1862 was an expansion of the first U.S. income tax established under the previous Revenue Act of 1861. It was passed to raise additional federal revenue to fund the war against ...