Union | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/union/RSS feed for UnionenThu, 12 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000Feeling More Hate Than Love This Valentine's Day? Send Snarky 'Vinegar Valentines' to Your Enemies Like the Victorians Didhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feeling-more-hate-than-love-this-valentines-day-send-snarky-vinegar-valentines-to-your-enemies-180988172/These oft-anonymous messages took aim at pretentious poets, unhelpful salespeople, suffragists and secessionists alikeThu, 12 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feeling-more-hate-than-love-this-valentines-day-send-snarky-vinegar-valentines-to-your-enemies-180988172/A Confederate Raider Fired the Final Shots of the Civil War in the Arctic, Two and a Half Months After Robert E. Lee Surrenderedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-confederate-raider-fired-the-final-shots-of-the-civil-war-in-the-arctic-two-and-a-half-months-after-robert-e-lee-surrendered-180986847/The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already endedMon, 23 Jun 2025 12:48:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-confederate-raider-fired-the-final-shots-of-the-civil-war-in-the-arctic-two-and-a-half-months-after-robert-e-lee-surrendered-180986847/After Confederate Forces Captured Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Familieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-confederate-forces-captured-their-children-these-black-mothers-fought-to-reunite-their-families-180985994/During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the conflict ended, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved onesThu, 06 Feb 2025 11:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-confederate-forces-captured-their-children-these-black-mothers-fought-to-reunite-their-families-180985994/Why Union General Ulysses S. Grant Issued an Order to Expel Jews From Certain Confederate States During the Civil Warhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-union-general-ulysses-s-grant-issued-an-order-to-expel-jews-from-certain-confederate-states-during-civil-war-180985615/An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for yearsTue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-union-general-ulysses-s-grant-issued-an-order-to-expel-jews-from-certain-confederate-states-during-civil-war-180985615/The Shocking Moment When a Group of Confederate Spies Plotted—and Failed—to Burn Down New York Cityhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/on-this-day-in-1864-a-group-of-confederate-spies-plottedand-failedto-burn-down-new-york-city-180985379/Southern operatives tried to light New York businesses on fire and bring the Northern city to its knees on this date in 1864Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/on-this-day-in-1864-a-group-of-confederate-spies-plottedand-failedto-burn-down-new-york-city-180985379/Abraham Lincoln's Legendary Gettysburg Address Promised 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/abraham-lincolns-legendary-gettysburg-address-promised-government-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people-180985477/The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and the men who died fighting for themTue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/abraham-lincolns-legendary-gettysburg-address-promised-government-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people-180985477/Harriet Tubman Just Became a One-Star General, More Than 150 Years After Serving With the Union Armyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harriet-tubman-just-became-a-one-star-general-more-than-150-years-after-serving-with-the-union-army-180985458/The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook during the Civil WarWed, 13 Nov 2024 15:04:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/harriet-tubman-just-became-a-one-star-general-more-than-150-years-after-serving-with-the-union-army-180985458/He Escaped Slavery and Became a Civil War Hero. Now, Robert Smalls Is Getting a Statue in South Carolinahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/he-escaped-slavery-and-became-a-civil-war-hero-now-robert-smalls-is-getting-a-statue-in-south-carolina-180985324/A special committee has until January 15 to finalize the design, location and funding for a monument that will be erected on the lawn of the South Carolina State HouseThu, 24 Oct 2024 19:19:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/he-escaped-slavery-and-became-a-civil-war-hero-now-robert-smalls-is-getting-a-statue-in-south-carolina-180985324/This Female Civil War Soldier Participated in the Bloodiest Battle in American History and Spied on the South—or Did She?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-female-civil-war-soldier-participated-in-the-bloodiest-battle-in-american-history-and-spied-on-the-southor-did-she-180985076/Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in secretTue, 17 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-female-civil-war-soldier-participated-in-the-bloodiest-battle-in-american-history-and-spied-on-the-southor-did-she-180985076/How Jewish Soldiers Celebrated Passover in the Midst of the Civil Warhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-jewish-soldiers-celebrated-passover-in-the-midst-of-the-civil-war-180984183/A group of Union men from Ohio held a makeshift Seder in the western Virginia woods in 1862Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-jewish-soldiers-celebrated-passover-in-the-midst-of-the-civil-war-180984183/