Since the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln had rejected Black volunteers ... that free Black men had enjoyed voting rights in North Carolina from 1776 to 1835. They asked him “to finish ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. It was a pivotal moment in American history, and one of the ...

Born on Christmas Day 200 years ago, in North Oxford ... The week after the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Barton began nursing Union soldiers at an improvised camp inside the U.S. Capitol ...

George Sarros is shown in photo from 1943 during his service as a Motor Machinist Mate Third Class in the U.S. Navy and today. [CONTRIBUTED] Today, East Flat Rock resident George Sarros will celebrate ...

In today’s History Seekers adventure, we explore a Civil War battlefield site used by both Union and Confederate soldiers, ...