IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This particular Civil War Token ...

A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.

While metal detecting the historic Port Hudson battlefield, we uncovered Civil War relics that may mark the final position of a fallen cavalry officer. The siege of Port Hudson in 1863 was the longest ...

Civil War Sesquicentennial: August 1863 a time of draft dodgers, high heat and a stalled Army; massacre in Kansas felt in Massachusetts Published: Aug. 04, 2013, 9:00 a.m.

On this day in history, Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

On Oct. 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving. He saw the occasion as a peaceful interlude amid the Civil War.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the beginning of 1862, citizens ...