Abraham Lincoln visited Cincinnati in 1861. Here's what he had to say
Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.
What is Cold Harbor on Severance? It could be tied to this major Civil War battle
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
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10 Civil War Sites Every History Buff Needs to See
The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States ... the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas ...
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USS Constellation, docked in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, played role in ending transatlantic slave trade
The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.
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When The United States Broke Into 2 Countries, Had 2 Presidents, 2 Flags
But in 1861, the American Union fell apart ... At the end of the civil war, the United States defeated the Confederate States and took control of the 11 states which were lost, and with the ...
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...
The Tariff Football And Income Tax History
We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue enabled revenue-destructive tariffs.