Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) Don't Tread on Me passage of the Thirteenth Amendment

passage of the Thirteenth Amendment

A cavalry brigade under Col

Fry examines several key crisis points to show how enlisted men developed political awareness that went beyond personal loyalties

Hughes includes a fascinating section about the Civil War online

the Stone Wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg loomed large over the Army of the Potomac

Lincoln’s Assassination (Edward Steers, JR. - LL) Don't Tread on Me passage of the Thirteenth AmendmentFor 150 years, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln has fascinated the American people. Relatively few academic historians, however, have devoted study to it, viewing the murder as a side note tied to neither the Civil War nor Reconstruction. Over time, the traditional story of the assassination has become littered with myths, from the innocence of Mary Surratt and Samuel Mudd to John Wilkes Booths escape to Oklahoma or India, where he died by suicide