On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the ... The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without ...

although Lincoln did not live to see the ratification of the amendment in December 1865. Our collections provide many perspectives on the Civil War and give a fuller understanding of this epic event.

The two commanders sat across from each other; Lee in a tall caned armchair and Grant in a swivel chair with a padded leather back next to a small oval side table. They made some small talk before ...

Since the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln had rejected Black volunteers ... compelling and almost immediately adopted their view. On March 13, he sent a letter to Louisiana’s governor ...

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the end of fighting between the Union and Confederate military. A display of the Civil War in 3D is on display at the Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum, 423 ...

In this new work Prof. Fry (Emeritus, Nevada) does more than just discuss the Lincoln administration’s efforts to prevent foreign intervention in the Civil War, a topic well covered by many authors, ...

The documentary "Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War" tells the story of the Lincoln Brigade, composed of 2,800 Americans, including 85 African-Americans. These men were ...

That leaves our Green Gallery which holds “Now He Belongs to the Ages: The Lincoln Portrait, Matthew Brady, Benjamin Loring, Tioga County and the Civil War.” This is the exhibit that I have ...