Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his second ...
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...
POTTSVILLE — Housekeeping time at the Schuylkill County Historical Society turned up a cache of books that’s delighting Civil War enthusiasts. Felicia Wolf, assistant director, found several ...
He declares that it would be nearly impossible to write a biography of David Henry White because White was a free Black man, ...
Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army ... televangelist Jim Bakker resigns in wake of scandal If the book has a fault, it’s the meticulous detail and ...