Lincoln Snatches The Nomination
Bare-knuckles politicking and a brilliant campaign strategy enabled the dark horse to winHarold HolzerSpring 2010Ten thousand delegates, reporters, and spectators poured into Chicago from 24 different...
View ArticleThe South’s Mighty Gamble On King Cotton
The highly lucrative cotton crop of 1860 emboldened the South to challenge the economic powerhouse of the NorthGene DattelSummer 2010In the mid- to late summer of 1860, billions of soft pink and white...
View ArticleWhy The Civil War Still Matters
The nation's leading authority on the conflict explains why the Civil War still fascinates usJames M. McPhersonSpring 2011One hundred and fifty years after the guns began shelling Fort Sumter this...
View ArticleCivil War Chronicles Redux
American Heritage expands its Civil War coverage as the sesquicentennial beginsThe EditorsSpring 2011Civil War Chronicles, the American Heritage column that’s devoted to this nation’s greatest...
View ArticleLincoln Inaugurated
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View ArticleFort Sumter Falls
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View ArticleBaltimore Riot
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View ArticleGeneral Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan
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View ArticleFirst Bull Run
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View ArticleBattle of Wilson's Creek
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Fall of Fort Hatteras
Fall 2011Northern Source Boston JournalIn late August, an amphibious expedition under Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler attacked the Hatteras Inlet batteries of Forts Clark and Hatteras, the first step in the...
View ArticleFrémont Affair
Fall 2011Northern Not Featured August 30, 1861 Date of Event: Friday, August 30, 1861read more
View ArticleAfrican Americans In Combat
Fall 2011One of the strongest voices for abolitionism came from former slave Frederick Douglass, whom Lincoln invited twice to the White House to discuss slavery. In this essay, Douglass continued to...
View ArticleCherokee Loyalties
Fall 2011Southern Not Featured October 9, 1861 Date of Event: Wednesday, October 9, 1861read more
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Battle of Ball's Bluff
Fall 2011A scouting mission turned into a rout at Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861, when a fierce Confederate attack and a shortage of boats on the Potomac left Union soldiers terribly exposed. Not...
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