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.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

December 29, 1864---A Peace Conference?

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DECEMBER 29, 1864:       Confederate President Jefferson Davis receives a letter from Northern Unionist Francis Preston Blair Sr., ...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

December 28, 1864---"Strange Christmas weather you will say."

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DECEMBER 28, 1864:      The first schools open for Freedmen in the Sea Islands of South Carolina. This daring experiment granted th...
Friday, December 26, 2014

December 27, 1864--- ". . . a drop in the bucket . . ."

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DECEMBER 27, 1864:         Walt Whitman sends a letter to the editors of The New York Times and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle decrying t...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

December 26, 1864---"Many, many thanks for your Christmas gift . . ."

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DECEMBER 26, 1864:        Abraham Lincoln telegraphs Sherman in Savannah: Many, many thanks for your Christmas gift . . . Ple...
Monday, December 22, 2014

December 25, 1864---Christmas Day; The First Battle of Fort Fisher (Day Three); The Battle of Devil's Gap; A Purloined Leg of Lamb; No Dinner For The Troops

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DECEMBER 25, 1864:        It is the fourth Christmas of the war. People are praying for peace on Earth and goodwill toward men, but for...
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