Who hasn't heard ad nauseam that Nevada was admitted to the Union in 1864 because its silver and gold production was ...

Two Cincinnati poets captured the spirit of the Civil War. Now, an Anderson Township man wants to find the poem that reflects ...

(WYTV) – The Continental Congress decided to print our first money just days after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. It hired 28 people to sign and number two million dollars worth of currency. Our ...

From a U.S. perspective, the 1860s were largely defined by the Civil War, the height and demise of Abraham Lincoln, and the ...

Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby, whose real name was David Ross Locke, was a writer of comedic letters and traveling stage humorist.

Congress established Yosemite National Park. The Yosemite Valley was first designated as government-protected land in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln declared the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of ...

Fourteen presidents have called themselves Freemasons, members of the centuries-old fraternal organization known for its secret rituals and mysterious symbols. Abraham Lincoln was not one of them, but ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...

The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation can help us predict how the Supreme Court will likely rule on birthright ...

22, 1862—President Abraham Lincoln issued a bold executive order ... This was the platform on which Lincoln won re-election in 1864—a re-election made possible by battlefield triumphs due in large ...

Three Louisiana residents have been arrested for allegedly stealing a rare solid silver Abraham Lincoln statue from the Houmas House Estate and Gardens in Darrow and cutting it into pieces to sell at ...