The 18th president's descendant had a storied career in museum curation before turning his attention to an affable vampire.

During the Civil War, the “Rock House,” which was located high on a ridge on the Jackson Road (later Openwood Street and now ...

Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred ...

Petersburg National Battlefield is located in South-central Virginia. The park offers driving tours of the siege and bat ...

This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the ...

The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, Sarna has been a force in his ...

Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...