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 ...

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.

As part of the ongoing 150th anniversary of the Civil War at the Smithsonian Institution, the Around the Mall team will be reporting in a series of posts on some of the illustrative artifacts held ...

Outlook At the first national Thanksgiving, the Civil War raged Lincoln declared the holiday and included the South, but Seward, not the wordsmith president, wrote this proclamation.

WASHINGTON, Ark. -- Old Washington Historic State Park takes a step back in time with its Town In Conflict Civil War events on Saturday.

As any Civil War buff worth his salted hardtack knows, Confederate soldiers never intended to fight at Gettysburg when they invaded Pennsylvania in June 1863. Their plan was to cross the ...

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.

Family spots “unidentified”Civil War soldier as one of its own: David M. Thatcher from Martinsburg, W.Va.

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 ...