ONCE A CIVIL WAR

The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

December 11, 1863---Sumter will not strike its colors

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DECEMBER 11, 1863:            Union shells strike the powder magazine at Fort Sumter. A huge fireball erupts, Charleston trembles f...
Monday, December 9, 2013

December 10, 1863---A President in the pink

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DECEMBER 10, 1863:           President Lincoln’s physician declared him free of the variola which had been plaguing him since befor...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

December 9, 1863---Justice! The USS ARIZONA and Civil Rights protesters change history

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DECEMBER 9, 1863:             Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase ordered that the motto “In God We Trust” should appear on U.S. coi...
Friday, December 6, 2013

December 8, 1863---The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

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DECEMBER 8, 1863:           In his third State of The Union Address, President Abraham Lincoln offers his conciliatory plan for reu...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

December 7, 1863---Two Congresses

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DECEMBER 7, 1863:   Both the Union and Confederate Congresses convene, only 100 miles apart in Washington and Richmond, respect...
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