President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states to…
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Clara Barton was a former teacher and federal clerk who began delivering supplies and caring for wounded soldiers…
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was one of the first official Black regiments in the Union Army, organized in…
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849 and returned many times to lead family members and others…
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland in 1838 and became one of the most powerful abolitionist speakers and…
Robert E. Lee was a Virginian and West Point graduate who served in the U.S. Army for more…
After President Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865, a funeral train carried his body about 1,600 miles from…
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S.…
After capturing Atlanta in September 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman led about 60,000 soldiers on a march…
More than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union armed forces, one of the largest contributions of any state.
Camp Chase opened in 1861 on the west side of Columbus as a training camp for Ohio volunteers.…
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…
The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. It remains the bloodiest single…
On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought the first battle between ironclad warships…
The First Battle of Bull Run, also called First Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas,…
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter, a federal…
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Born in a…
William Tecumseh Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1820 and became one of the Union's most important…
Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio in 1822 and rose to command all Union armies…