Harriet Tubman's historical contributions during Black History Month are celebrated, highlighting her escape from slavery and service in the Union Army.

A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) are ...

Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction. Ord was born in ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "That the purity and sanctity of the ballot box shall be preserved": Civil War politics and the troops -- "You must have learned ... of my ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 14, 1861. Abraham Lincoln orders Union reinforcements sent to Missouri after a Confederate victory at the Battle of Wilson Creek. The Show-Me State was important to ...