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This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the ...
The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the ...
Mercifully for Union generals, President Abraham Lincoln officially recognized the republic that year and raised the tariff on coffee imports to 4 cents a pound as a war-funding effort.
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.
Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...
On April 12, 1862, twenty Union soldiers dressed as civilians walked into a Georgia train station with a wild plan. Led by ...
The Civil War remains one of the most important chapters in American history. ... In June 1865, Union troops led by General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, ...
The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War.
In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War member Dan Murray reads about the life of Adelbert Ames Nov. 2, 2024, a Union major general and son-in-law of Gen. Benjamin Butler.