The film outlines the early years of the American Civil War, starting with Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the subsequent secession of Southern states. It details the formation of the ...

Presidents have invoked this throughout history -- but normally not against the wishes of local leaders except to enforce ...

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels ...

"Which part of the Civil War 'could have been negotiated'? The slavery part? The secession part? Whether Lincoln should have preserved the Union?" Liz Cheney, X post, 2024 "I understand a proposed ...

The government is about to fall into our hands -- My troubles have just commenced -- We won't jump that ditch -- A masterly inactivity -- The tug has to come -- Very much like the critter -- If we ...

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Former President Donald Trump thinks history could have been different, if only Abraham Lincoln had read The Art of the Deal. “The Civil War was so fascinating, so horrible,” he said last weekend. “So ...

Lies are being spewed in editorials, op-eds and letters saying Confederate leaders were traitors. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee never betrayed anyone. Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers ...