Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army fought on.

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

chronicles the devastating effect that World War II and its surrounding decades had on zoos—including the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War and the dawn of the Cold War. He surveys “the ...

The Battle of Worcester Society has donated The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1640-1660' to the Hive ...