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President Lincoln’s 1861 Message to Congress

December 3, 2021 WalterCoffey

President Abraham Lincoln submits his first annual message to Congress, in which he describes the current state of affairs and reiterates his view that the Union must be preserved by all necessary means.

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The Crittenden-Johnson Resolution

July 25, 2021 WalterCoffey

Congress approves a resolution to define the purpose of the Federal war effort.

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Key Events Leading to the War Between the States

November 5, 2020 WalterCoffey

The United States of America had been in existence for less than a century when it was nearly shattered by the most terrible conflict in its history. Why did it happen?

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Reconstruction Gets Under Way in Tennessee

January 21, 2019 WalterCoffey

January 21, 1864 – Unionists assembled at Nashville and approved a resolution forming a constitutional convention to restore Tennessee to the Union. Military Governor Andrew Johnson,

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Reconstruction Begins in Arkansas

January 19, 2019 WalterCoffey

January 19, 1864 – A legally dubious convention amended the Arkansas constitution to abolish slavery in the state. Delegates assembled at Little Rock to consider

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Black Laws in Illinois

February 11, 2015 WalterCoffey

Article originally published in Harper’s Weekly, 11 February 1865 (courtesy of sonofthesouth.net) ILLINOIS has repealed her black laws, and indeed she could hardly help wiping

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