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Mary Todd Lincoln Home
Posted: June 3, 2018 in Civil War SitesTags: abraham lincoln, american civil war, civil war, civil war related sites, civil war sites, historic sites, history, houses, Kentucky, lincoln, mary todd lincoln home, signs
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Abraham Lincoln
Posted: December 27, 2017 in Civil War QuotesTags: abraham lincoln, Civil War Quotes, confederate, emancipation proclamation, the american civil war, the civil war, union
“That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…”
From the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1st, 1863
Abraham Lincoln
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January 15, 1862
Posted: January 15, 2017 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: abraham lincoln, confederate, On this Day in the Civil War, the american civil war, the civil war, union
On this day in the Civil War, Edwin Stanton becomes President Lincoln’s Secretary of War.
Edwin Stanton
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January 11, 1862
Posted: January 11, 2017 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: abraham lincoln, confederate, On this Day in the Civil War, simon cameron, the american civil war, the civil war, union
On this day in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln accepts the resignation of Secretary of War Simon Cameron.
Simon Cameron House
Harrisburg, Pa
January 1, 1863
Posted: January 1, 2017 in On this Day in the Civil WarTags: abraham lincoln, confederate, On this Day in the Civil War, the american civil war, the civil war, union
On this day in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation which frees slaves in territories still occupied by the rebels.
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass had this to say about that momentous day, “The first of January 1863, was a memorable day in the progress of American liberty and civilization. It was the turning-point in the conflict between freedom and slavery. A death blow was then given to the slaveholding rebellion. Until then, the Federal arm had been more than tolerant to that relict of barbarism . . . We fought the rebellion, but not its cause. And now, on this day of January 1st, 1863, the formal and solemn announcement was made that thereafter the government would be found on the side of emancipation. This proclamation changed everything.”
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