Modern (19th C)
63 books
War & Military
1.4K
Samuel Greene - Monitor and the Merrimac: Both sides of the story
The American Civil War lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. It included some iconic battles that have maintained enough interest to merit recounting the events in countless books. One such seminal battle was that of...
1 hour 10 minutes
War & Military
697
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi)
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies explaining why they were attempting to leave. Here are the statements, published...
1 hour 4 minutes
Political Science
1.7K
Abraham Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses
Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. His second inaugural, given just weeks before his assassination, was also...
42 minutes
Political Science
1.7K
Eugenia Dunlap Potts - Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
While claiming to be historical papers on the causes of the United States Civil War, the author indulges in some Slavery Apologetics. An interesting view from a southern lady on what caused the war and why the...
1 hour 26 minutes
