The Brainerd Monument in St. Albans, Vermont
On May 5th, 1864 Private Joseph P. Brainerd of Company L, 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment, was on patrol along the line of march of the Union Army of the Potomac as Lieutenant General Ulysses...
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Visiting Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb in Springfield, Illinois
Located on 12 1/2 acres in the sprawling Oak Ridge Cemetery on the north side of Springfield, Illinois, the Abraham Lincoln Tomb is both the final resting place of, and an impressive memorial to,...
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address March 4th 1865
March 4th, 1865 was rainy and wet in Washington D.C. It was also Inauguration Day for Abraham Lincoln’s second term as President of the United States. After nearly four long years of Civil War,...
Abraham Lincoln’s Blind Memorandum and the 1864 Election
By late August 1864, President Abraham Lincoln’s chances for reelection in the November election looked bleak. The military campaigns that looked promising in the spring had bogged down. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign in...
Battles of Corinth, Mississippi and Perryville, Kentucky: October 1862
October 1862 in the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln headed to the Antietam battlefield as October 1862 opened. He wanted to see the situation in person and to meet with General George McClellan about...
Visiting The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
In the 24 years that he lived in Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln rose from obscurity to President of the United States. In Lincoln’s hometown today, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is one...
Steven Spielberg’s Film “Lincoln” Will Be in Theaters November 16th
Lincoln, the film about the last four months of the 16th president’s life from director Steven Spielberg, is scheduled for limited release on November 9th, 2012, and will be in theaters nationwide on November...
Battle of Antietam; Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Announced: September 1862
September 1862 in the Civil War Confederate armies were on the move in Virginia and Kentucky as September 1862 began. Major General John Pope’s Union Army of Virginia was in the process of slowly...