Following the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the event that sparked the Civil War, then-President ...

Illinois' governor and first lady have donated a key Civil War document signed by Abraham Lincoln to the presidential library ...

The fateful 163-year-old document had been in an anonymous private collection until its purchase at auction by Gov. J.B.

Very few images remain of Lincoln’s first inauguration, and all the extant examples were taken by Wood. Naturally, other ...

Suspension of Mexico’s foreign debt payments: In 1861, Mexican President Benito Juárez suspended debt payments to several ...

There is much to be said for the brutality of a British general election, where a removals van turns up at No 10 within hours ...

Cinco de Mayo lands on Sunday, May 5, in 2024. What is Cinco de Mayo? It's not Mexican Independence Day, but it's still a day to celebrate in the U.S.

This photo provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows a document signed by President Lincoln in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Since its inception in 1861, ...

The first officer to die in the line of duty was Carson County, Nevada Territory Sheriff John L. Blackburn, killed in 1861 ...

Former Lord Mayor William Russell has been elected as chair of the Barbican’s board, which oversees the arts centre’s operations ...