Fully one in four Union fighters was foreign-born. In the summer of 1861, an American diplomat in...
Civil War
Reconstruction’s influence of and effects upon religion, education, industry, and taxation. Organized Religion Freedmen were very active...
The of the aftermath of the Civil War and the brief attempt to “reconstruct” the U.S. South...
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) was a branch of the United States Army founded in 1863....
Elizabeth Van Lew was a Richmond, Virginia abolitionist and philanthropist who built and operated an extensive spy...
The views of the Vice President rarely matter too much, unless something happens to the President. In...