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April 11, 2021

Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles on the Death of Abraham Lincoln

Gideon Welles kept an extensive diary during his time in office as Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln and his successor, Andrew Johnson. At that time, the Secretary of the Navy was a...

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December 29, 2014

Federals Capture Fort Fisher; Campaign of the Carolinas Begins, House of Representatives Passes 13th Amendment: January 1865

January 1865 in the Civil War As 1865 began, the armies in Virginia remained locked in siege operations, Tennessee was generally quiet after the Confederate defeat at Nashville in December, and much of the...

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December 5, 2011

Trent Affair Concludes; Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War Created: December 1861

December 1861 in the Civil War As fall turned into the winter of 1861, the inaction that had characterized the main Federal armies in November continued on into December. Although President Abraham Lincoln tried...

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Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles on the Death of Abraham Lincoln

Federals Capture Fort Fisher; Campaign of the Carolinas Begins, House of Representatives Passes 13th Amendment: January 1865

Trent Affair Concludes; Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War Created: December 1861

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