These photographs were taken 150 years ago today on Spotsylvania Battlefield by photographer Timothy O’Sullivan. For an indepth look at these
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We have just past the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness, one of the greatest battles of the
Abraham Lincoln did not issue the Emancipation Proclamation until January 1, 1863, nearly two years into the war. Why didn’t
Wedding of Pocahontas 400 years ago today the Indian Pocahontas married John Rolfe of Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter
Image from the United States Census Bureau This map tracks the change the the mean center of population in the
Stephen Douglas was one of the most important politicians during the two decades leading up to the Civil War. Today
For years this photograph languished in the National Archives, part of their collection of the works of Matthew Brady, the
The story of the prisons of the Civil War is a very sad one. Thousands of men died from disease