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

Author and professor Michael Vorenberg joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War'. Supreme Court blocks new deportations of Venezuelans ...

President Andrew Johnson, formerly Vice President to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, officially declared the end of the war on Aug. 20, 1866, as documented by the University of ...

This week marks the anniversary of the greatest battle in the United States’ Civil War. That battle, at Gettysburg, was ...

Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...

Book Review: ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ offers lessons for these times from the Civil War Michael Vorenberg’s book shines as a meticulously researched and artistically written examination of how ...

On this day before our Independence day, The Battle of Gettysburg ended, signaling the end of the Civil War that took over 600,000 lives. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil ...

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

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...