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Thanksgiving, 150 years ago
“Thanksgiving day, when the fat turkey is served in state,” said Theodore Lyman, a member of Gen. George Gordon Meade’s staff. “And this [was the day] appointed for our flank move on Orange Court House….” One hundred and fifty years … Continue reading
The Lincoln Turkey Pardon–a 2011 reprint, updated!
Wednesday, November 27 marked another year in which a turkey received a Presidential pardon, this time from President Obama. The 2013 turkeys (there are always two nowadays–one is an alternate in case something happens to the first) are from Michigan, … Continue reading
The Creation of Gettysburg National Cemetery
On July 4th, 1863 Meade’s Union army rejoiced as the sights and sounds of a Confederate army in retreat ensured them of their victory. For the North, Independence Day 1863 was a day of rejoicing and confirmation with victory at … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Curtin, Battle of Gettysburg, burial of the dead, David McConaughy, David Wills, Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg National Cemetery, Samuel Weaver
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The Gettysburg Address: 150 years later
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 … Continue reading
Partners In Command: The Relationships Between Leaders in the Civil War by Joseph T. Glatthaar
Nothing happens in a vacuum, and this axiom is never truer than actions conducted during the American Civil War. The relationships between Abraham Lincoln and his generals, and Jefferson Davis and his generals had consequences that reached every … Continue reading
Attacking the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy”
“Vicksburg is the key. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War, Sesquicentennial, Sieges, Western Theater
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Admiral David G. Farragut, Arkansas River, Army of the Mississippi, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Battle of Gettysburg, Bayou Operations, Big Black River Bridge, Champion Hill, Chickasaw Bluff, Colonel Benjamin Grierson, Earl Van Dorn, Fort Hindman, Grand Gulf, Holly Springs, Jackson, John A. McClernand, John C. Pemberton, Joseph Johnston, Mississippi River, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Nathaniel Banks, Port Gibson, Port Hudson, Raymond, Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, Siege of Vicksburg, Snyder's Bluff, Trans-Mississippi, Ulysses S. Grant, Vicksburg, Walnut Hills, William T. Sherman, Yazoo River
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A Choice, Not A Meme
There was nothing that Abraham Lincoln loved more than a good joke or humorous anecdote. His favorite author, for daily reading at least, was Charles Farrar Brown, the man who wrote as Artemus Ward. Lincoln loved a good joke, and … Continue reading
To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds
Lincoln visited Richmond after the city fell in April 1865 and lingered hoping Lee would surrender his army quickly. On April 8, he returned to Washington DC. Six days later he was assassinated. Here Lincoln sits with his son, Tad, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service, Personalities, Photography
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Second Inaugural Address, Logothetis-Photos, Photography, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Tad Lincoln, Tredegar Iron Works
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“Life Given, Not Lost”: Captain Morey’s Final Charge—Part One
We are happy to welcome guest author Edward Alexander. Edward Alexander is the Education & Interpretation Specialist at Pamplin Historical Park in Petersburg, Virginia. A 2009 graduate of the University of Illinois, he has also worked with Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania … Continue reading
