Union Army reenactors march to their spot on the battlefield at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park on Sunday morning. The ...

Today I was thinking about the Civil War, and I was singing an old Appalachian ballad called “Twilight Is Stealing,” written ...

Frederick Douglass was the first black man to discuss politics alone with the president. In Lincoln, the reformer found an ...

Who hasn't heard ad nauseam that Nevada was admitted to the Union in 1864 because its silver and gold production was ...

Two Cincinnati poets captured the spirit of the Civil War. Now, an Anderson Township man wants to find the poem that reflects ...

(WYTV) – The Continental Congress decided to print our first money just days after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. It hired 28 people to sign and number two million dollars worth of currency. Our ...

Fourteen presidents have called themselves Freemasons, members of the centuries-old fraternal organization known for its secret rituals and mysterious symbols. Abraham Lincoln was not one of them, but ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is unveiling a new exhibit and book this fall, highlighting Lincoln's life and legacy through a collection of 100 objects. The book, ...

In August, history professor Michael Birkner gave a short speech in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, near where President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous address in November 1863. The event was ...

This 64-pound solid silver statue was stolen from the Houmas House Estate in Darrow, Louisiana, had been cut up to be sold to pawn shops, officials say. Houmas House Estate & Gardens Facebook ...