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

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid $18.1 million for copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

On a sunny but crisp afternoon this spring, more visitors than you might think trekked on a weekday to Ball’s Bluff ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

The hedge fund founder paid $13.7 million for a copy of the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation ...

When Bill Hanchett died in 2016, his son found a bundle of letters and postcards to family that he had written while in the ...

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

This wine trail in Maryland offers exquisite vineyard views, a tasty array of wines, and some historical charm.

A ceremony to honor Jefferson County’s last Civil War veteran was held recently at the Brookville Cemetery, when a special ...