Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

After the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863), taken in conjunction with Grant’s capture of Vicksburg on ...

"His long and distinguished career as a commissioned officer in the United States Army made him a popular figure of his time ...

Jeroboam Yah Nii Armah Blackwell (Yahu Blackwell) of House Adu Kpono We, formally announced his allegiance to the Republican ...

The USCT marker designates the ultimate sacrifice of three veterans, USCT soldiers fighting for the Union during the Civil ...

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, ...

An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait ... and imprisoned him for ...

As mentioned in the above quote, while the first Thomas Nast Republican elephant cartoon appeared in the Harper’s Weekly ...

Discover the unique aspects of the American Civil War, including the recruitment of companies of men from the same community.

During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats and Republicans to turn American ballots into ... For the presidential election of 1864, the Grant Club of San Francisco ...

Many of the war’s earliest casualties were left on the field for days before they died or were removed to hospitals. But both armies soon developed litter corps and ambulance services. They ...