Prior to Emancipation, Lincoln was a proponent of colonization: the idea of sending African American slaves to another land to live as free people. Lincoln supported resettlement schemes in Panama and Haiti earl
In 1849, the proprietors of the town of Camden and or Postville [Postville had been temporarily renamed] sought to recover the building and the land which they had given to the county in 1839, since the building and the landed property were no longer being used as a the seat of justice...
Lincoln took direct operational control of a drive to capture Norfolk and to push a gunboat fleet up the James River. The president ordered Gen. John Wool, commander at Fort Monroe, to land troops on the south bank of Hampton Roads. Lincoln even personally...
In the scantly furniture of the house and in the pale, sad countenance of the speaker there was evidence enough of poor and altered fortune. It was not evening and growing rapidly dark. A big fire blazed on the ample hearth, and Mrs. Mudd, an intelligent and handsome lady, with one of...
As part of the evidence-gathering process, a Congressional committee was formed to investigate whether Johnson had played any role in the death of Abraham Lincoln. A representative was sent to Fort Jefferson to interview the conspirators about their (and possibly Johnson’s) involvement with John ...
Junius and John Clarke have been two weeks to-day confined in the old Capital – prison Washington for no complicity or evidence — Junius wrote an innocent letter from Cincinnati, which by a wicked misconstruction has been the cause of his arrest. He begged him [John Wilkes Booth] to quit...
This tower simulates the look of an eagles nest, complete with a screened murals of an eagle preparing to land right above the round deck. A cool viewing area from that vantage point and a digital ticker board wraps around the "nest". Concessions The food stands here bear local themes ...
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We land, and I get coffee and some food, and life is better. Going through the Passport check was easy as pie, and we soon getting ready to board. Michelle shows her boarding pass and goes right through. I show mine and, “Sir will you kindly step over here please….” I was ...