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Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, showcasing his empathy and ...

Prologue : a banner at daybreak : Charleston Harbor, December 1860 -- Wide awake : Boston, October 1860 -- The old gentlemen : Washington, January 1861 -- Forces of nature : central Ohio, February ...

In September of 1861, Thomas Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pádraig, i.e. “the Day of the Festival of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865 Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865 provides something for every strategy gamer. Control ...

U.S. Army assistant surgeon Bernard John Dowling "J.D." Irwin rescued a kidnapped boy and 60 soldiers encircled by legendary Apache warrior Cochise on this day in history, Feb. 13, 1861. Irwin's ...

Over the course of nine September nights on PBS, Ken Burns got millions of Americans excited about their own history with his ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America." His latest book covers the period of time ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...