Areas covered by the Emancipation Proclamation are in red. Slave holding areas not covered are in blue.Source: Wikimedia Commons/SFGiants By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamati… more →
The Civil War Project (TCWP)wrote 1 month ago: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin I know this is a long shot, but I’m hoping there’s a student … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin I know this is a long shot, but I’m hoping there’s a student … more →
wrote 1 month ago: By Caroline Davis—part two William H. Seward The Union Blockade had begun to move inland up the Rio … more →
wrote 2 months ago: By Peggy There is no doubt that Abraham Lincoln was a great hero in liberating the American slaves. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: APUSH American Pageant Chapter 18 Review – YouTube by Mr. Adam Norris. This YouTube video is t … more →
wrote 3 months ago: (Click for Part 1 of this post.) –by Ronald M. Johnson Adams (Library of Congress) The death o … more →
wrote 3 months ago: U.S.S. Vanderbilt In February 1863, an international crisis threatened to erupt when U.S.S. Vanderbi … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Best Book of the Week! Doris Kearns Goodwin begins her examination of Lincoln’s administration … more →
wrote 4 months ago: William Seward, c. 1848. I am currently reading Walter Stahr’s new biography of U.S. Senator a … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Apologies for not writing in a while – I’ve been caught up with the dull necessity of A- … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln has been praised by the critics and nominated for 12 Oscars. D … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I just watched a film about the Lincoln assassination on Amazon Prime for free. It’s a Robert … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Coming soon! The film “Saving Lincoln” is based on the true story of Abraham Lincoln and his friend … more →
wrote 4 months ago: On 31 January 2013 I went to see Lincoln, exactly 148 years after the events depicted in the climax … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Time passed, as happens I’ve never cared much for political biopics, glorification of History … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Areas covered by the Emancipation Proclamation are in red. Slave holding areas not covered are in bl … more →
wrote 5 months ago: The Sands of Iwo Jima, one of the rare films in which John Wayne’s character dies I went throu … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Dakota Chief Little Crow (1862)(Escaped to Canada after Dakota Conflict)Source: Library of Congress … more →