In July 1863 Confederate General John Hunt Morgan led about 2,000 cavalrymen across the Ohio River into Indiana…
Vicksburg, Mississippi, sat on high bluffs over the Mississippi River and was a key Confederate stronghold.
On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1 to 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was…
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. It declared enslaved people in areas in…