The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

Examines the build-up to the Civil War: slavery, the Missouri Compromise, abolitionism, and key events like the Dred Scott decision and the election of Lincoln led to secession.

Romney was a quiet town of only 569 people in 1860 and had grown about 25% since the previous census in 1850. The Northwestern Turnpike, present day U. S. Route ...

Once upon a time, the Prince of Wales came to you might say a magical place called The Mansion House hotel in Mount Carbon, ...

Edda L. Fields-Black is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, and the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the ...

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.

Every single generation is convinced, it seems, that their revolution will work, and their moment is uniquely in need of ...

We Americans believe we so fully understand Abraham Lincoln’s contribution to our nation’s beliefs about slavery and freedom that his role in shaping our uniquely American vision of a just and ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

The hoard dates back to the 1860s, the height of the American Civil War. The coins—mostly $1, $10, and $20 Liberty Head gold pieces—carry mint marks from Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San ...

By 1860, the U.S. was importing six pounds of the stuff each year for every man, woman and child in the country—and at the outbreak of the Civil War, Americans were drinking twice as much coffee ...