The Transcontinental Railroad
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...
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Act Prohibiting Americans from Trading with Great Britain or Other Enemies of the United States
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...
Petersburg
The American Battlefield Trust's Battle of Petersburg page includes maps, photos, history articles, facts, and the latest preservation news for this...
Make Some History This Weekend in Brandywine
Transport yourself back in time for a weekend or an entire week as you explore the Brandywine Battlefield and historic Chadds Ford, PA.
Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga page includes battle maps, history articles, historical facts, expert videos, web links, and more on this 1863 Civil War...
The Sultana Disaster
A Civil War Trust history article describing the S.S. Sultana explosion, which remains the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history.
An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country: March 22, 1794
Signed by George Washington in 1794, the Slave Trade Act of 1794 prohibited exporting slaves from the United States to any foreign place or country...
Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s “Terms of Military Convention” and “Supplemental Terms,” April 26, 1865
Terms of a military convention entered into this 26th day of April, 1865, at Bennett’s house, near Durham’s Station, N.C., between General Joseph E...
The Whiskey Rebellion
Just years after the successful American Revolution and the creation of the United States of America, rebellion occurred. This insurrection proved to...
George B. Anderson
Brigadier General George Burgwyn Anderson was born on April 12th, 1831 in Hillsboro, North Carolina. Anderson enrolled in the University of North...
The North and the South
This page discusses some of the differences that existed between the North and South before the Civil War.
An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves
Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution had protected the international slave trade for twenty years, or until 1808. This legislation, immediately...