On July 1, 1862, well into the second year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. While amid a country...
This Act was issued less than a month after war was declared on Great Britain. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United...
The American Battlefield Trust's Battle of Petersburg page includes maps, photos, history articles, facts, and the latest preservation news for this...
Just years after the successful American Revolution and the creation of the United States of America, rebellion occurred. This insurrection proved to...