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

After the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863), taken in conjunction with Grant’s capture of Vicksburg on ...

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

Abraham Lincoln grew up ... Grant, the president found his man. Lincoln named Grant commander of all federal armies in March 1864. With Lincoln's support, Grant pursued a policy of total war ...

Harassed Herbert Hoover, making the traditional pilgrimage to Springfield, likened himself to Lincoln in the dark days of 1864 ... President snapped, "it is certain that it did not come from ...

Campaign Abraham Lincoln became president at the age of 52 ... was the first ever president to be elected with less than 50% of the vote. In the election of 1864, he ran against George B. McClellan, ...

On November 7, 1864, Syracuse’s Republican mayor ... the paper had declared that the selection of McClellan as their party’s ...

Bush. Also on this date: In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln won reelection as he defeated Democratic challenger George B.

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln was seeking a second term in office. Election Day was Nov. 8. The Civil War was still going on, and the nation was bitterly divided in their beliefs and in their ...

Veterans Day 2024 in Bristol, R.I., featured heartfelt tributes, emphasizing the commitment to honor those who served.

JD Vance winning vice president is the closest a Greater Cincinnatian has gotten to the country's highest office in years.

Abraham Lincoln grew up ... Grant, the president found his man. Lincoln named Grant commander of all federal armies in March 1864. With Lincoln's support, Grant pursued a policy of total war ...