“Negotiating the Peace: Bowdoin Commemorates the End of the Civil War,” a two-day series of programming in observance of the 150th anniversary of the peace reached on April 9, 1865, is underway.

This video uncovers what happened to former Confederates in the turbulent years after the Civil War. Animated scenes ...

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 ...

General U. S. Grant, pictured, was the Union General who defeated General Robert E. Lee. He also served as the 18th President from 1869-1877. The Fenton History Center will host a free event Sunday, ...

In “The Blood in Winter,” Jonathan Healey explores the many causes of the English Civil War. By Catherine Nicholson Catherine Nicholson is a professor of English at Yale and the author of “Uncommon ...