WASHINGTON (WCSC) - The nation’s 17th president signed a proclamation in 1866 declaring the end of the Civil War, more than a year after the Confederate surrender. President Andrew Johnson said in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth was part of a nine-person conspiracy that also ...

Andrew Johnson was inaugurated as the seventeenth president of the United States on April 15, 1865, following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. From Tennessee, he was a Democrat who had held virtually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists echoed the 1868 pardon of Confederate soldiers. The effects include the meld of ...

Introduction: "The true index of his heart" -- The tailor's apprentice -- Ascent -- Governor and Senator Johnson -- Disunion -- From military governor to vice president -- Mr. President -- The ...

On Christmas Day in 1868, President Andrew Johnson issued a sweeping amnesty to former Confederate officials and soldiers, ending legal consequences for those who rebelled against the United States.