This Day in History: Edwin Stanton avenges Lincoln’s death
On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln nominates Edwin Stanton as his Secretary of War. Stanton would be confirmed just two days later....
This Day in History: Edwin Stanton avenges Lincoln’s death
This Day in History: The Controversial Daniel Sickles
TDIH: The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
This Day in History: The origins of Memorial Day, shrouded in mystery
This Day in History: Arlington National Cemetery
This Day in History: The Civil War begins
This Day in History: A Confederate sub sinks USS Housatonic
This Day in History: Sherman’s March to the Sea
This Day in History: The Gettysburg Address
This Day in History: The three-day Battle of Gettysburg
This Day in History: The origins of Juneteenth
This Day in History: Lincoln nominated
This Day in History: Abraham Lincoln’s burial — and an attempt to kidnap his body
This Day in History: The Sultana, a Titanic-sized disaster, barely noticed
This Day in History: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
This Day in History: The fall of Fort Donelson
This Day in History: The Battle of Antietam & the Emancipation Proclamation
This Day in History: Abraham Lincoln's "right makes might" speech
This Day in History: Future First Lady Julia Dent Grant is born
This Day in History: West Virginia’s controversial admission into the Union