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 ...

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

For four straight years, Union and Confederate soldiers battled during the bloodiest war in American history ... by the American people throughout the Civil War.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...