Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

Donald Trump returns to White House as states defy his abortion legacy, with voters in seven states — including deep-red ...

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

On November 7, 1864, Syracuse’s Republican mayor ... and forever prohibit the existence of Slavery within the limits of the ...

Many voters backed ballot measures to protect abortion, even as they elected a president who attacks abortion rights.

Finally, in 1864, the War Department sanctioned equal ... It abolished slavery in the United States, and now, with the end of the war, four million African Americans were free.

in May 1864, George W. Hatton and his Union regiment were encamped close to Jamestown, Virginia. Hatton had been a slave, and was now a sergeant in Company C, First Regiment, United States Colored ...

The Captain and seven of the crew of the Spanish bark Csis, were arrested yesterday morning and brought before the Commissioner, charged with resisting United States officers in discharge of their ...

In 1864, the United States was in the bloody midst of the most tumultuous and deadly time in its history. This was the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond National Battlefield Park will host an event commemorating the anniversary of the 5th United ...

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