He produced a podcast series titled, “American Elections ... “I started thinking, ‘How did the Civil War get started?’ I know ...

November 6th has been a significant date in American history, particularly for presidential elections. In 1860, Abraham ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

1 of 7 | A bust of Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman can be seen between the vaults at Grant's Tomb in New York City.

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected President of the United States of America on November 6, 1860, for a four-year term. One year later, on November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was ...

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

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

How party balance has shifted in Minnesota over the decades and how the state with the longest blue streak in the country may ...

An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Credit - Getty Images ...