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

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

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

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 ...

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

At West Point, Rufus Ingalls was Ulysses S. Grant’s first roommate, and he roomed with Grant again at Camp Vancouver in 1852.

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

Vancouver’s former Army post provided a training ground for both Union and Confederate officers until the Civil War broke out in April 1861. At the start of the Civil War, some officers resigned and j ...

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