WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The nation’s 17th president signed a proclamation in 1866 declaring the end of the Civil War, more than a year after the Confederate surrender. President Andrew Johnson said in ...
The Economist watched with alarm as America descended into civil war in 1861. That April militiamen from South Carolina, which had seceded, bombarded Fort Sumter, a Union stronghold just off the state ...
A search for the remains of Black Union soldiers murdered toward the end of the Civil War. Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black ...