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

President Andrew Johnson, who is best known for being the first president to be impeached, vetoed protectionist legislation ...

Johnson was acquitted in the Senate by one vote... Died: July 31, 1875. The issue that vexed the nation following the Civil War was how to re-form the Union. Northern Republicans insisted that the ...

Challenges: Andrew Johnson had to navigate the reunification and reconstruction of the Union while addressing issues such as African-American civil rights. He failed badly, to the extent that his ...

For the first time in history, the United States House of Representatives impeached a sitting president, Democrat Andrew ... of War, Edwin M. Stanton. Stanton was the only member of Johnson's ...

Chervinsky When the 17th president was accused of high crimes and misdemeanors in 1868, the wild trial nearly reignited the Civil War Lorraine Boissoneault The biggest show in Washington 150 years ...