Editor’s note” This is one of an occasional series of stories commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Despite war’s hardship, Christmas dwelled within the hearts and thoughts ...

During the Civil War, Christmas day was embraced as a brief respite from the battlefield. Elected president in 1868, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was as committed to peace as he was vigilant about war.

The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...