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After concluding his speech at Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln boarded the 6:30 pm train for Washington, D.C. He was feverish and weak, suffering from a…

Since 1846 white New Mexico Territory settlers had battled the western Indians. During the Civil War from September 1863 to January 1864 Kit Carson led…

On the last day of 1863 a minor skirmish in Searcy, Arkansas was the only recorded fighting. The Union First Arkansas Cavalry conducted a reconnaissance…

Texas Public Radio invites Hill Country listeners to an evening of classical music in Kerrville, and we encourage San Antonio classical music fans to make…

On February 6, 1863, Secretary of State Seward announced that the Union was rejecting a French offer to mediate in the American Civil War. With ambitions…

Before the battle of Fredericksburg, Robert E. Lee asked General James Longstreet if the Confederate artillery was prepared to fight off the anticipated…

With the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in retreat, Union forces at Saylor’s Creek on Thursday, April 6, 1865 exploited a gap between the troops of…

LUBBOCK, Texas — An American Airlines flight with 140 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Lubbock after the pilot reported engine…

By Saturday, May 6, 1865 the fleeing Jefferson Davis and his entourage, attempting to get south of their Union pursuers so they could then journey to the…

On Saturday, May 6, 1865 the Union War Department issued orders, establishing the military commission to try the alleged Lincoln assassination…