OPINION ON THE LOSS OF
GENERAL R. H. MILROY’S DIVISION.
October 27, 1863.
In June last a division was substantially lost at
or near Winchester, Va. At the time, it was under
General Milroy...
Read more
Sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was immortalized by his Emancipation Proclamation, his Gettysburg Address, and two outstanding ...
Read more
As a young man, Lincoln had taken flatboat trips down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. While traveling, he saw other boats become unavoidably grounded on sandbars that were created by the river's shif...
Read more
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln