Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred ...

A Confederate Raider Fired the Final Shots of the Civil War in the Arctic, Two and a Half Months After Robert E. Lee Surrendered The CSS “Shenandoah” only learned of the Confederacy’s defeat ...

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

[LEXINGTON] Washington and Lee University has received a collection of 29 vintage prints and original graphics depicting Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: * The Union defeated the Confederacy. * The ...

The president has pandered to his MAGA base through the subterfuge of re-renaming forts after soldiers with the same last ...

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...

Petersburg National Battlefield is located in South-central Virginia. The park offers driving tours of the siege and bat ...

A Henrico County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday ordered that licensed counselors be allowed to engage underage clients in a ...

Social media users quickly mocked Trump for not knowing the end date of the Civil War, which concluded in April 1865 after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union troops.

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...