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What the 'Dawn of the Civil War' can tell us about today's acrimonious politics
NPR· 2 days agoMy guest, journalist and historian Erik Larson, has a new book closely examining the period between the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 ...
Two faces of war: America 1861, Spain 1812
Smoky Mountain News· 2 days agoHere lifelong Civil War historian Emory Thomas, professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, examines the principal figures and events of a year...
Lynx offense rolls in win over Yellow Jackets
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 2 days agoAbraham Lincoln’s offense exploded for seven goals in the second half to defeat Thomas Jefferson for the fourth consecutive time, 10-0. “It’s a nice win...
Lincoln's Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of...
Obama’s doing the delegate thing
Politico· 3 days agoGood Tuesday morning, Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker and first lady MK Pritzker are announcing a “historic document donation” to the Abraham Lincoln...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoOne of the most fateful documents of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency — and in all of American history — will go on public display this week at the legendary ...
Ill. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoFollowing the Confederacy’s 1861 attack on Fort Sumter, often viewed as the event that sparked the...
Meet the American who created the Kentucky Derby, Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., born of pioneers
Fox News via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe Kentucky Derby debuted in 1875, the horse race a vision of Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOn June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people...
Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War : Fresh Air
NPR· 2 days agoIn The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, drawing ...