General Fitz John Porter stands trial, ostensibly for disobeying orders, but also because he symbolizes an era in the U.S. army that the Lincoln administration is trying to erase.
Category: Politics
A Pumpkin in Each End of the Bag
President Abraham Lincoln meets with the secret Senate Republican caucus committee and shrewdly arranges for the committee members and his cabinet to explain their differences face to face.
Republican Dissension at Washington
Republican senators gather in an extraordinary caucus to determine how to better manage the war effort after the terrible defeat at Fredericksburg.
The Jewish Exclusion Order
Ulysses S. Grant issues a highly controversial order from his Federal headquarters at Holly Springs, Mississippi.
Put Not Your Faith in Princes
President Jefferson Davis continues his tour of the Western Theater, moving from Tennessee to his home state of Mississippi.
The Existing State of Despondency and Desperation
Northerners learn of the true disaster at Fredericksburg, which sparks enough outrage to make this the greatest crisis of the Lincoln presidency to date.