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

Ultimately, as many historians point out, Lincoln’s re-election was most likely ensured when General William T. Sherman and ...

Like the upcoming election only weeks away, the election of 1864 was considered the most important in history up until that point. Accordingly, the Confederacy planned arguably the first October ...

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

No. 17 WEST TWENTIETH-STREET, NEW-YORK, Oct. 24, 1864. To the Editor of the Herald: Having noticed in the Herald of the 20th of September last, the subjoined paragraph, I transmitted it to Gen.

Abraham Lincoln had been president since 1861; his election was a major factor in the war beginning. During his presidency, ...

For the presidential election of 1864, the Grant Club of San Francisco produced this ballot dramatizing the Battle of Cherbourg, where the Union sank the CSS Alabama. To capture the attention of ...

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

Just in time for the 1864 presidential election, Wisconsin became the second state in the union to pass a law allowing soldiers to vote outside the polling place. The process looks a little ...

Arizona voters are set to decide whether to guarantee the right to abortion in the state constitution. The swing state is one ...

Arizona's Senate has voted to repeal a 1864 law banning abortion ... week for his role in an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election in favour of Donald Trump. Explaining her vote, Ms ...