Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the ...

In this first episode of Kings and Generals’ animated series on the American Civil War, we explore the core causes of the ...

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with “April 1865: The Month ...

Abraham Lincoln never had problems with plants. Compared to what it takes to properly mulch my garden, the Civil War was a minor scrap between two ill-tempered neighbors.

Richard Stewart was awarded the French Legion of Honour by France's president during D-Day ceremonies in 2024.

"What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago ... ignited Lincoln's march to the presidency and eventually led to emancipation, ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

The museum presents a real-life look at life during the Civil War from the battlefield to the home front and even during the ...

The “Lincoln’s Legacy” collection up for auction features 144 items chronicling Lincoln’s personal and political life, from manuscripts and artifacts from his time as a lawyer in Illinois to his ...

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.