American Civil War
epub |eng | | Author:Brad Meltzer

51 Baltimore, Maryland February 15, 1861 The stage is set. Throughout his career, Pinkerton has gone undercover dozens of times. He’s played many roles, worn many different disguises, and infiltrated ...
( Category: American Civil War May 6,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-14 | Author:Edward Achorn [Achorn, Edward]

CHAPTER 11 ANDY AIN’T A DRUNKARD Saturday, noon, March 4, 1865 Well-dressed white men and women, eager to get out of the rain and the muck, swarmed to the doors ...
( Category: American Civil War April 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-07 | Author:Robert J. Hutchinson

CRITICAL MINUTES Witnesses claimed to have seen John Wilkes Booth meet with his secret fiancée, Lucy Hale, both on the morning and late afternoon of April 14. If one or ...
( Category: American Civil War April 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-07 | Author:Rachel Lance [Lance, Rachel]

* * * — The thick, black foam sausage floated in a line from the pier to the center of Pitt Pond. We had already failed twice, still measuring almost ...
( Category: American Civil War April 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-07 | Author:Ted Widmer

Lincoln’s parade (New-York Illustrated News, March, 2, 1861) THE PARADE Lincoln’s parade was a glorious chaos from the start.105 One observer wrote, “Such a crowd as greeted his arrival I ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents April 8,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2009-02-05 | Author:Allen C. Guelzo [Guelzo, Allen C.]

Chapter 5 Debate The failure of popular sovereignty Contrary to the promises Stephen Douglas made for the popular sovereignty doctrine, almost nothing about popular sovereignty went right after the Kansas-Nebraska ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 30,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-26 | Author:Roy Morris, Jr.

( Category: American Civil War March 26,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-14 | Author:George Dekle

All these points had to be put together and explained, and Lincoln excelled at the art of persuasive speech. He was the greatest orator of his age, and possibly the ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jack E. Levin

Foreword On July 1, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, and the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George Gordon Meade, met at ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-12-11 | Author:Roy Basler

SPEECH IN REPLY TO DOUGLAS AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.JULY 17, 1858 Fellow-citizens: Another election which is deemed an important one is approaching, and, as I suppose, the Republican party will without ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jefferson Davis [Davis, Jefferson]

During the night batteries were put in position to open on the town at 4 AM. At daybreak the action was to begin on the left, to be immediately followed ...
( Category: American Civil War March 23,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sidney Blumenthal

CHAPTER FOURTEEN A SELF-EVIDENT LIE Douglas believed his best-laid plans would gain him every prize. He would win the favor of all parts of the Democratic Party, sail his bill ...
( Category: American Civil War March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2003-07-15 | Author:David Herbert Donald

“B EYOND THE PALE OF HUMAN ENVY ” Lincoln and William H. Seward ON November 16, 1862, Virginia Woodbury Fox recorded a delicious piece of gossip in her diary. “Tish,” ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:ROY MORRIS, JR.

However it was characterized, Mark Twain’s abrupt departure from Virginia City signaled the end of an era. For the better part of three years, he had been an enthusiastic participant ...
( Category: American Civil War March 22,2020 )