It’s a comfort to remember that the virtues he embodied are fundamentally American.

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at a home in ...

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

When Abraham Lincoln sent out a call to arms, Falmouth men bravely responded. Most of these veterans are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. The public is invited to come hear ...

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...