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Tag Archives: Lincoln in Richmond
Time to Talk (Civil War) Books: A Conversation with Marc Ramsey—part four
Part four of five In yesterday’s segment of my interview with bookseller Marc Ramsey of Owens & Ramsey Booksellers, he mentioned a recent book panel he served on where he doled out his best-book recommendations for 2016. But now, he said, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Personalities
Tagged A Glorious Army, Abraham Lincoln, Berry Benson, Bert Dunkerly, Chris Kolakowski, David Dixon Porter, Dawn of Victory, Dennis Rasbach, Edward Alexander, Elmira Prison, Fort Stedman, Grant's Last Battle, Jeffrey Wert, John B. Gordon, Joshua Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Julia Grant, Leadership, Lee's Lieutenants, Lincoln in Richmond, Lincoln's Greatest Journey, Mary Lincoln, Noah Andre Trudeau, Palmetto Sharshooters, Reminiscences of the Civil War, Time-to-Talk-Civil-War-Books-with-Marc-Ramsey, To the Bitter End, Under the Blue Pennant
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Noah Trudeau Explains Lincoln’s Greatest Journey
Recently I chatted with award-winning author Noah Andre Trudeau, who has written several well-regarded books on the Civil War in 1864 and 1865. We discussed his next book, Lincoln’s Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days That Changed a Presidency, March 24 – … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Book Review, Books & Authors, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Personalities, Reconstruction, Sieges, Slavery
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox Campaign, Breakthrough at Petersburg, City Point, David Dixon Porter, Fall of Petersburg, Fall of Richmond, General William T. Sherman, Grant, Julia Grant, Lincoln in Richmond, Mary Todd Lincoln, Noah Andre Trudeau, Savas Beatie
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“Let ‘Em Up Easy”—Lincoln in Richmond
The historical record doesn’t say who was more excited on April 4, 1865—150 years ago today: Tad Lincoln, celebrating his twelfth birthday that day, or his father, Abraham, who was finally entering Richmond after five springs of war. “Thank God … Continue reading
