On this day in the Civil War, President Lincoln meets with his Cabinet to discuss Fort Sumter and how to deal with the mounting crisis.

President Lincoln and his Cabinet
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On this day in the Civil War, President Lincoln meets with his Cabinet to discuss Fort Sumter and how to deal with the mounting crisis.

President Lincoln and his Cabinet
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On this day in the Civil War, General Grant and President Lincoln confer at the White House.

President Lincoln
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On this day in the Civil War, General Grant prepares for the simultaneous advance of all his armies.

General Ulysses S. Grant with his horse
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On this day in the Civil War, General John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate cavalry attacks Federal positions in Kentucky.

General John Hunt Morgan
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On this day in the Civil War, Confederate troops attack a Federal railroad train in Tennessee.

Derailed train
Circa 1861
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