Timeline of America's first 44 Presidents, from George Washington and the Founding Fathers to the trauma of Civil War and ...

Another messy detail. Lincoln is always here, always relevant, because we’re still fighting the Civil War. There’s no other ...

July: In New York City, opposition to the nation's first military draft triggers a riot, the largest in American history ... civil rights will not command national attention again until after ...

After the Civil ... war, of a free, black settlement, named for the hated Union, made a dramatic claim to equality and liberty. The passionate man labeled as the “most influential African ...

In an interview, Vorenberg said he wanted a timeline ... accounts of the war, depending on whether they published in Southern or Northern cities. Now 160 years after the Civil War, many of our ...

After earning a medical degree in 1864 ... silent films classified as “lost” Untold Stories of American History During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors ...

After eighteen months ... newspaper professed itself “thrilled by the death of our oppressor." The American Civil War left a bitter legacy. In the south, burned and devastated, the whites ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction ... that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American History TV to museums and ...