On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

Object Details Description Numismatists, people who study or collect coins, generally categorize Civil War Tokens into three themes: patriotic, store cards, and sutler tokens. As with this coin, ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

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

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

Unveiling of a historical marker honoring the Civil War soldiers found in Centreville. Former Sully District Supervisor Michael Frey is in red shirt; James Lewis is standing to the right of the ...

We saw strong participation across all areas from the moment the sale opened for online bidding,” said Brian Kendrella, President of Stack’s Bowers Galleries. “The demand for rare and collectible ...