New Hampshire Union Leader

1861 — The Civil War breaks out and Henry Wilson is ready for action

At the start of the Civil War in April 1861, 49-year-old Henry Wilson of Natick, Mass., was serving his sixth year in the U.S. Senate. He had been reelected in 1859 after having first been elected in ...

Today in US history on April 12: From the outbreak of civil war to civil rights, public health breakthroughs, and the dawn of the space shuttle era

April 12th holds significant weight in American history. It witnessed the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861. President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed away in 1945, with Harry S. Truman ...