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Rosecrans Replaces Buell

October 24, 2022 WalterCoffey

Don Carlos Buell receives orders to turn his Federal command over to William S. Rosecrans for his failure to stop the Confederates’ escape from Kentucky and his refusal to chase them into eastern Tennessee.

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The Newburgh Raid

July 17, 2022 WalterCoffey

Adam R. Johnson leads 35 Confederate partisans out of Henderson, Kentucky, to raid the Federal arsenal across the Ohio River at Newburgh, Indiana.

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The Lincolns Leave Springfield

February 11, 2021 WalterCoffey

Abraham Lincoln bids farewell to the people of Springfield as he and his family begin their trip to Washington.

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The Feeling of Secession Grows Stronger

November 11, 2020 WalterCoffey

Southern states began taking steps toward leaving the Union, while some northerners began talking of keeping the South in the Union, even by force if necessary.

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The 1864 Federal Election Campaign

October 31, 2019 WalterCoffey

October 31, 1864 – Party unity, statehood for Nevada, and recent military success worked to shift momentum in favor of President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection. As

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Morgan’s Raid: The Northern Penetration

July 13, 2018 WalterCoffey

July 13, 1863 – Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan embarked on another Kentucky raid, but this time he crossed the Ohio River and invaded

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