However loud his critics shouted their disapproval,
Abraham Lincoln would neither deprive them of free speech nor change his opinions.
byAbraham Lincoln1809-1865
American Civil War
Sublime Christian Heroism
In replying to a letter of support from Manchester’s cotton workers,
US President Lincoln showed how deeply touched he had been.
byAbraham Lincoln1809-1865
American Civil War
A Letter to the President
Two years into America’s Civil War, cotton workers in Manchester defied
current opinion among politicians and the press, and pledged their support to the Union.
byManchester Cotton Workers1863
American Civil War
John Brown of Osawatomie
Shortly before the American Civil War, an attack by pro-slavery
militants on the city of Lawrence prompted John Brown to try to clean up Kansas.
byD. H. Montgomery1837-1928
American Civil War
The Gettysburg Address
Following a decisive victory in the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln urged
his supporters to make sure that liberty’s advantage was not squandered.
byAbraham Lincoln1809-1865
American Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg
Two years into the American Civil War, the Union army responded to
a dispiriting defeat at Chancellorsville with a decisive and historic victory at Gettysburg.