Division in ChurchThe line between the Rebel and Union element in Georgetown was so marked that it led to divisions even in the churches. There were...
A difficult dutyStanton would not allow himself such leniency. A clerk recalled finding Stanton one night in his office, "the mother, wife, and children...
HumilityGrant's entrance into Washington was consistent with him image as an unpretentious man of action, the polar opposite of McClellan. He...
Gettysburg AddressAt Gettysburg, he would express that same conviction in far more concise and eloquent terms. "Four score and seven years ago," he began,...
Emancipation ProclamationAt 2 p.m., Lincoln wearily finished with his own reception, returned to his office. Seward and Fred soon joined him, carrying the...
A great wifeSeward still believed that offering his hand in peace in the attempt to prevent a civil war was the right judgment. His wife, Frances,...
Magnanimous spiritIn the ballots that followed, as daylight gave way to gaslights in the great hall, Lincoln reached a high point of 47 votes, only 4 shy...
Evils of slaveryAt the time of their journey, three decades of immigration, commercial enterprise, and industrial production had invigorated Northern...
Slavery in AmericaThe presence of the Negro posed a religious problem for his white owner. If the slave should be converted and baptized, would he not have...