1863. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, with an excess of 51,000 soldiers killed, injured or otherwise lost to action, noted National Geographic. Some 3,155 Union troops were ...

The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

In fact, Lincoln made Thanksgiving an official federal holiday in 1863 in the midst of the bloody turmoil of the American ...

Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, stood at a Pennsylvania cemetery and shared his hope for the ...

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his ...