Civil War
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln September 22, 1862
A Proclamation. I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States, and each of the states, and the people … Continue reading
54 Massachussetts Infantry Regiment
The first African American Soldiers in the Union Army Continue reading
The Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We … Continue reading
Civil War Facts
The American Civil War surely happened about 150 years ago, yet historians have tried to track back events of the war time and again. Testimonials from soldiers and war nurses have been passed on through generations, and all of them seem to show just one thing – This indeed was one of the toughest and … Continue reading