Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and “The ...

“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...

April 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

The Civil War was entering its fifth year ... With Lee’s surrender, the war effectively came to an end. On April 9, 1865, a lone Confederate horseman violently waving a white towel (above ...

Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865.

Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war, approximately the same number as in all of America's other wars ...

Dozens gathered in East Greenwich Saturday afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of the Civil War's final battle.The ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than ... and clothing to soldiers in the field. When the war ended in 1865, children felt both joy and sadness. Many soldiers returned home ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...