Over the course of the American Civil War, Grant commanded and fought in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Wilderness, Petersburg, and Appomattox. Grant was appointed ...

Ohio, introduced legislation this week to designate the United States Postal Service building at 201 E. Grant Ave. in Georgetown as the “Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building,” honoring the 18th ...

“Myths About Lee’s Surrender” is the subject for the March 11 Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable. The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable invites everyone to an evening of American Civil ...

The Wu-Tang Clan said its co-founding producer Oliver “Power” Grant died after a “courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer.” ...

In 1792, federal law barred African Americans from bearing arms in the U.S. Army, even though they had served in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Yet ...

The Gray House' highlights a female-led spy network from the Civil War. Learn about the real Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary Jane ...

A local historical group will be hosting a presentation about popular music during the American Civil War, including President Abraham Lincoln’s favorite music.

Allison Collard can be an inspiration to every family that amasses a trove of birth and death records, military documents, census forms, and religious certificates, whether in carefully preserved ...

Prime Video's gripping miniseries The Gray House tells the untold story of two women who risked everything for the Union during the Civil War.

The major fighting of the Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, with the Union victory at the Battle of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Sen. Henry Wilson of Massachusetts ...

Despite the best efforts of suffragists in Colorado and around the country, the fight to make the Centennial State the first to grant women the right to vote suffered a final defeat on Feb. 15, 1876.

More than 160 years after the defeat of Confederate forces at Gettysburg, the Civil War continues to have an enduring hold on the American political consciousness – shaping the way we view the past ...