Civil Wars

Meeting a tragic end Nicholas, whose family reigns for more than 300 years, is the last Tsar of Russia.

J.E.B. Stuart was given command of all cavalry forces of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia on the 17th of August, 1862.

Until 1952, no one realized that the National Archives held an unidentified treasure: The only known photograph of President Lincoln, at Gettysburg, on the day he delivered his famous Gettysburg Address.

Harpers Ferry is the place where John Brown (an abolitionist) led a notorious raid on the town's federal armory.

April 24, 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising when the people of Ireland took definitive action to rid the country of British rule. The uprising was quelled in six days, but it was a significant stepping stone in Ireland's quest to become a Republic.

Lincoln - a film directed by Steven Spielberg - is based, in part, on Team of Rivals (by Doris Kearns Goodwin).

In this photograph (by William R.