The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia attacked Union cavalry blocking their retreat ... Indeed, high drama marked the Civil War’s last months. In January, Congress ratified the Thirteenth Amendment ...

He then joined the 7th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry — already ... Courageous action Williams’ major blow against the enemy gained the attention of Union Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans.

At the time of the Civil War ... those in the North who opposed the war effort and sought negotiated peace with the Confederacy. By 1864, coverage of the Union victories by the special artists ...

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, specifically called upon freed slaves to enlist in the Union cause ... Two years into the Civil War, black soldiers prepared for battle.