Great Americans

I. The Political Terrain A. Foreign Policy 1. Great Britain--the British government, under heavy pressure from the US ambassador Charles Ada...

The Gilbert Text of the Gettysburg Address : AP reporter Joseph L. Gilbert was granted permission to look at Lincoln's written address, ...

I. Emancipation Proclamation A. Preliminary Proclamation 1. Issued 22 September 1862--by the midsummer of 1862, Lincoln had decided to ann...

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the near...

I. The Secession Crisis and the Constitution A. Congressional sessions 1. Crittenden Compromise 2. Congress adjourns B. The Secession Crisis...

I. Eastern Campaign A. 1st Manassas/Bull Run 1. Gen. Winfield Scott 2. The Southern "Offensive-Defensive Strategy"--the Confedera...

I. Question of Secession A. History of Secession 1. Hartford Convention--opposition to the War of 1812 in New England reached such a stage t...