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Eric | February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 28, 1861 In the late 1850s, the United States territories in the west were proving to be too large to govern. With the acquisition of the former Mexican land as well as Oregon Territory, the United States stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. People were heading west in greater volume than ever. [...]
Eric | February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 27, 1861 The Peace Convention taking place at the Willard Hotel in Washington had come to something as close to an agreement as they possibly could concerning the compromises and suggestions the delegates would submit to Congress. The members of Congress, however, were up to their necks in compromise proposals. Most were variations [...]
Eric | February 26, 2011
Tuesday, February 26, 1861 When last we left Fort Sumter, we learned that it was not for sale. Since that time, military conditions outside the fort, around Rebel-held Charleston Harbor, were improving (from a Southern point of view). According to Sumter’s officers, the Rebels were constructing a new battery on Cummings Point as well as [...]
Eric | February 25, 2011
Monday, February 25, 1861 William Seward, who had not quite decided upon the offer of Secretary of State, was never far from Lincoln’s side. He was there when Lewis Cass, Buchanan’s former Secretary of State from Missouri, visited around 11am. Several Republican Senators dropped by, as did President Buchanan and Vice-President Breckinridge. In the afternoon, [...]
Eric | February 24, 2011
Sunday, February 24, 1861 Lincoln had been working on his Inaugural Address for several weeks now and was hitting up close friends and confidants for suggestions. He gave Seward a copy of the rough draft and awaited his response.1 Seward was ready to give his thoughts by that evening, suggesting 49 different changes. Most were [...]
Eric | February 23, 2011
Saturday, Februrary 23, 1861 Lincoln quietly slipped into Washington DC as William Seward, soon to be the new administration’s Secretary of State, overslept. He wanted to meet Lincoln at the depot, but instead met him at the Willard Hotel. He and Lincoln shared a few words and breakfast before the former retired to his room [...]
Eric | February 22, 2011
Friday, February 22, 1861 – George Washington’s Birthday The threats upon his life were taken seriously by Lincoln, but not seriously enough to halt today’s scheduled festivities. He rode in an open carriage to Independence Hall, and delivered a speech invoking the wisdom of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The signers were not [...]
Eric | February 21, 2011
Thursday, February 21, 1861 Lincoln’s traveling party left New York City aboard the John P. Jackson for Newark, New Jersey. He gave a short speech on the ship and also twice in Newark to crowds of 75,000. He then left by train for Philadelphia. The usual whistle stops were made, of course. Speeches were delivered [...]
Eric | February 20, 2011
Wednesday, February 20, 1861 The Confederate States needed a Navy. On this date, in secret session, the Congress, passing a bill to establish a Naval Department, resolved to build one. What they had at their disposal, however, was basically nothing. Unlike the South, the North, especially New England, had a long seafaring history. The Confederate [...]
Eric | February 19, 2011
Tuesday, February 19, 1861 Jefferson Davis was quickly getting to work in the newly established Capitol of the Confederate States of America. The day after his inauguration, he set about to form a cabinet. His first choices was Robert Barnwell Rhett, the fire-eater from South Carolina, for Secretary of State. Since there were six states [...]
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