The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

heralded the victory of the Union and Republican President Abraham Lincoln, although Lincoln did not live to see the ratification of the amendment in December 1865. Our collections provide many ...

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted ... Lincoln had to grapple with the evolving meaning of the ...