In April 1861, just three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to fill the ranks of the Union Army and end the rebellion in the ...

Dubbed the "Angel's Glow" by Civil War soldiers doctors reported that those with glowing wounds had lower infection rates and ...

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While these treasures from the past are for sale, every once in a while one appears that could be considered priceless. “Signed Abraham Lincoln letters have shown up,” said Bob Zurko of Zurko ...

Jeffrey Rosen, lawyer and U.S. Constitution scholar, has written the second book in a series of constitutional contemplations, “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting ...

There was no plan for the dead during the American Civil War. Mass graves or leaving them where they fell would only go so ...

SECRET MISSIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS BY MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES IN UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES FOR THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH WOVEN INTO A ...

In 1940 the first Civil War Roundtable was founded in Chicago. The Lehigh Valley’s is named the Civil War Roundtable of ...

The traditional Mayan ceremony was held to mark the conviction of three men for committing crimes against the women in the ...