Abraham Lincoln
Prisons of the Civil War: An Enduring Controversy
By Michael E. HaskewThe June 19, 1861, editorial in the Charleston Mercury newspaper warned: “War is bloody reality, not butterfly sporting. Read more
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States during the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was in office during perhaps the most critical time in the nation’s history and provided exceptional leadership. Lincoln is remembered as a man of wit and strategic vision. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is among the nation’s most treasured documents of freedom along with his Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1, 1863, which freed slaves in territories in revolt against the United States. Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by assassin John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, and died the following morning at the age of 56.
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The Main Civil War Generals Who Helped Define the War
By Roy Morris, Jr.Mr. Morris is the author of seven well-received books on 19th Century American history and literature. He has served as a consultant for A&E, the History Channel, and edited a three-book series for Purdue University Press on American Civil War and post-Civil War history, journalism and literature. Read more
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Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens
By James K. SwisherAt last, students of American military history have recently been accorded some measure of respect to the tactical genius of Daniel Morgan. Read more
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American Civil War Timeline: Piecemeal Operations
by William E. WelshU.S. President Abraham Lincoln had no military experience and discarded most of Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott’s so-called Anaconda Plan, which critics deemed too conservative. Read more
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The American Civil War: Forging a National Identity
by Mike HaskewThe American Civil War was the tragic culmination of divergent perspectives on the proper conduct of the government of the United States and socio-economic issues that had been frequently at the forefront of American political life for decades. Read more
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Ulysses S. Grant: Union War Hero
by Mike HaskewBorn in Ohio in 1822, Ulysses S. Grant graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843. Read more
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Lincoln vs. Frémont and His “Hasty Emancipation”
As the early days of the American Civil War were unfolding and the destiny of the republic was being contested on the battlefield, President Abraham Lincoln was engaged in a no less perilous type of battle. Read more
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Looking Back on the Vicksburg Campaign
Brooke C. StoddardWhen the sun set on the Confederacy, the stars began to rise and shine, none more brightly for Northerners than that of Abraham Lincoln, and for Southerners than those of Robert E. Read more
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The Post-Civil War Frontier American Army
By Eric NiderostIn 1864-1865 the U.S. Army had some 1,045,000 men in uniform; within a year after Appomattox, the number stood at 57,000. Read more
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The Gallant 4th Army Regulars at the Battle of Gettysburg
When the American Civil War erupted in April 1861, the 10 companies of the 4th U.S. Infantry were spread along the West Coast from Puget Sound to the Gulf of California in various small, far-flung garrisons. Read more
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Confederate-Occupied Territory: Alexandria, Virginia
by Kevin HymelUnder bright moonlight, Union troops marched into Alexandria, Virginia, on May 24, 1861, one day after Virginia seceded from the Union. Read more
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Firing on Fort Sumter: the Start of Civil War
By Al HemingwayShortly after midnight on the morning of April 12, 1861, four men in a rowboat made their way across the pitch-black harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, toward Fort Sumter, an unfinished and architecturally insignificant masonry fort three miles out from the city where the harbor meets the Atlantic Ocean. Read more
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Abraham Lincoln and the Election that Shaped the Confederacy
by Roy Morris Jr.The sudden wreck of the Whig Party in the 1850s led to the development of a new political party to contend with Stephen Douglas and the Democrats. Read more
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The Decline of Stephen Douglas and the American Whig Party
By Roy Morris Jr.It was unseasonably warm in Charleston when the Democratic National Convention opened for business at noon on April 23, 1860. Read more
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Missouri Joins the Civil War: Prelude to the Battle of Wilson’s Creek
by Joshua van DereckAt the beginning of 1861, Missouri was in turmoil. A slave state since its inception in 1820, Missouri had grown increasingly tied to urban industry. Read more
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The Legendary Lincoln-Douglas Debates
By Roy Morris Jr.The two men facing each other across the debate stage at Ottawa, Illinois, on the afternoon of August 21, 1858, were no strangers to one another. Read more
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The Frémont Emancipation Proclamation
By Lawrence WeberAs the early days of the Civil War were unfolding and the destiny of the republic was beginning to be contested on the battlefield, Abraham Lincoln was engaged in a no less perilous type of battle. Read more
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Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee and the Battle of the Wilderness
The year 1864 was shaping up to be a critical one in the American Civil War. During the previous year, Federal armies had gained control of the Mississippi River and consolidated their grip on Tennessee. Read more
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Union General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea
By Mike Haskew
Union General William T. Sherman was a friend and trusted subordinate of General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of all Union armies in the field during the Civil War. Read more
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American Civil War Timeline: the Road to War
by William WelshOne of the catalysts for a major rebellion in the United States were irregular warfare in “Bleeding Kansas” from 1854 to 1861 between anti-slavery Free Staters and pro-slavery border ruffians. Read more
