TELEGRAM TO GENERAL S. A. HURLBUT. WASHINGTON, March 25, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HURLBUT, Memphis: What news have you? What from Vicksburg? What from Yazoo Pass? What …
Abraham Lincoln Letter To General Hurlbut Outlining His Dream Of A Negro Army Read More »
Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches: Victorio The United States Army in the West feared the Apaches as much as they feared …
Abraham Lincoln at Antietam In 1864, once again the Shenandoah Valley was filled with the throaty echoes of cannon fire as a Confederate …
The Day Lincoln Was Almost Hit By A Sniper. Read More »
Jonathan D. Sarna’s book, “When General Grant Expelled the Jews,” is about General Orders No. 11. Argument endures about what Grant meant, how …
The Day Ulysses S. Grant Expelled Jews from Paducah, Kentucky. Read More »
Lincoln was no fool. During his presidency assassinations were going on all around the world. Two Russian Czars were assassinated, an emperor in Mexico was …
“Trusting to escape scrutiny, by fixing the public gaze upon the exceeding brightness of military glory – that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of …
Interesting. Nothing Really Changes Does It? Read More »
A Transcription By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our …
The Emancipation Proclamation, On This Day 1863. This Is It In Full. Read More »
“The new pilot was hurried to the helm in the midst of a tornado.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, speaking about Abraham Lincolns’ first days in office …
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose Read More »
September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, It was the bloodiest single-day battle in all of American history, on US soil or off with about 23,000 …
Antietam. The Bloodiest Day In American Combat History. Read More »
