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.

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: ...

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

When General Wharton’s great-great granddaughter, Sue Bell, and her parents were selling the home in the 1980s and rummaging ...