This video uncovers what happened to former Confederates in the turbulent years after the Civil War. Animated scenes illustrate the confusion that followed surrender as soldiers returned home to ...

We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact, reality was ...

The partially completed Catholic Church, poised as the fort to be used in defense of the futilely attempted Confederate ...

Pictured is the statue of Governor Reuben Fenton that stands outside the Fenton Museum, with the words of his proclamation engraved below him. Submitted photo April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of ...

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 ...

Mercer County Cemetery, the final resting place of nearly 200 Civil War veterans, hosted commemoration services for the 160th anniversary marking the end of the Civil War. The event in Trenton ...

This coming Wednesday, April 9, our great Union of states will officially be celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the official End of the Civil War with General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Lieutenant ...

“It would be useless and therefore cruel,” Robert E. Lee remarked on the morning of April 9, 1865, “to provoke the further effusion of blood, and I have arranged to meet with General Grant with a view ...

VALPARAISO | Jacob Mooker spent many of his last years regaling locals with stories of the Civil War from a bench on the Porter County Courthouse lawn. The German immigrant -- the last Civil War ...

Marvel Comics is starting the new year with a bang: the end of Civil War, the headline-making miniseries that fractured the Marvel universe. Echoing the real-world debate over homeland security vs.