A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $12 million.

These documents were sold at the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia in 1864, raising funds for vital medical care and support for Union soldiers during the Civil War.

A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...

The record for any Lincoln-related document is held by a $3.8 million copy of the Emancipation Proclamation that Sotheby’s sold to an anonymous collector in 2010. But that version stood out in ...

Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned. The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at ...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned of an "underlying cultural civil war" in America, claiming President Donald Trump's support comes from his opposition to the Obama-Biden system.

In January of that year, as the Civil War was coming to an end, a group of Black soldiers with the 5th United States Colored Calvary out of Camp Nelson were herding cattle to Louisville when they ...

On Juneteenth, Raleigh pays tribute to the often-overlooked U.S. Colored Troops who played a pivotal role in the Union's victory during the Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery.

At length, when the greetings were over, the boys were ordered to fall into line. They were marched to the rear entrance of Union Hall, where the President of the fair, Mr. T.B. BRYAN, met them.