The Weight of History on March 4, 1865 When Abraham Lincoln stood to deliver his second inaugural address on March […]
The Weight of the Question As the Civil War raged in 1863, a profound question haunted the American consciousness: “What […]
The Historical Context of the Emancipation Proclamation The American Civil War (1861–1865) was not initially fought to abolish slavery but […]
The Political Crossroads of 1862 As General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac advanced in the Peninsula Campaign during the […]
The Spark of Freedom: Fugitives Challenge the Union On March 11, 1861—one week after Lincoln’s inauguration and a month before […]
The Making of a National Figure By 1859, Abraham Lincoln had emerged as a prominent figure within the Republican Party, […]
The Historical Context of Slavery and the Supreme Court In March 1857, just two days after James Buchanan’s inauguration as […]
The Political Landscape Before the Peoria Address In the early 1850s, America stood at a crossroads regarding the expansion of […]
The Rise of Lincoln’s Political Identity in the Whig Party In 1859, Abraham Lincoln famously declared, “I have always been […]
The World of Young Lincoln: Slavery on the Frontier Abraham Lincoln’s famous 1864 declaration—”I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is […]
The Strategic Gamble: Hood’s Tennessee Campaign After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood refused […]
The Strategic Importance of Atlanta By the summer of 1864, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. The […]
The Strategic Importance of Atlanta By the summer of 1864, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. Union […]
The Collapse of Confederate Morale and Political Unity By the fall of 1863, the Confederate States of America faced a […]
The Strategic Crossroads of 1863 By the summer of 1863, the American Civil War had reached a pivotal moment. President […]
The Strategic Importance of Vicksburg By the winter of 1862–63, the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, had earned the nickname […]
The Gathering Storm of Dissent As President Abraham Lincoln confided to Senator Charles Sumner in January 1863, his greatest fear […]
The Confederate Quest for European Allies By the summer of 1862, the Confederate States of America believed they were on […]
The Strategic Crossroads of the Civil War The summer of 1862 marked a critical juncture in the American Civil War, […]
The Strategic Context of the Seven Days’ Battles By mid-1862, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. Union […]
The Desperate Confederate Situation in 1862 By May 1862, the Confederate war effort appeared on the brink of collapse. Union […]
The Rise and Fall of a Southern Leader Jefferson Davis began the American Civil War as a respected leader of […]
