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

Whenever you do an online search for the world’s most beautiful countries, there’s one place that always makes the list: Spain. With its vibrant history, rich culture and dramatic landscapes, this ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865.

On my periodic trips to Atlanta, I often stop at one of my favorite bookstores, A Capella Books near Inman Park. During my ...

Chris Bohjalian’s 25th novel, “The Jackal’s Mistress,” was inspired by the true story of a Southern woman who helped an ...