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Giving the Union Men a Rallying Cry

December 28, 2020 WalterCoffey

President-elect Abraham Lincoln reacts to the recent events in Charleston Harbor while he continues trying to fill his cabinet.

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A Cabinet appointment: Missouri first on the list

December 12, 2020 WalterCoffey

President-elect Abraham Lincoln meets with influential Congressman Francis P. Blair, Jr. and publishes an editorial about possibly bringing a southerner into his cabinet.

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The Army of the Potomac: The Grand Review

April 4, 2018 WalterCoffey

April 4, 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln headed a group leaving Washington to review Major General Joseph Hooker’s revamped Army of the Potomac. Lincoln boarded

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Lincoln Ponders Colonization and Emancipation

September 11, 2017 WalterCoffey

September 11, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln approved a contract to deport slaves to Central America. He later hosted a delegation urging him to abolish

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