Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Wikimedia Commons/Christophe cagé The First Shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

A hand-book to the game-birds, vol. 2 (1896) by William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924) Published in London by Edward Lloyd Notes: 2 volumes (304, 316 pages) : illustrations, color frontispiece, ...

It won even though Edda isn’t a Civil War historian, and her book is less about war tactics than it is about Tubman and the African American fight for freedom.