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Civil War

Civil War

Stuart Stevens has spent his long career in politics working to get Republicans elected. He ran Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. But Stevens’ latest book is a warning to the nation about today's GOP and its threat to America’s democracy. The book is called "The Conspiracy to End America: Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy."
  • On the second day of the grand review of Union forces in Washington, D.C., the troops of the West, including William Tecumseh Sherman’s forces, marched in…
  • With the war concluding and Jefferson Davis in custody, on May 23 and May 24, 1865 a grand review of Union troops was held in Washington, D.C. With the…
  • On Sunday, May 13, 1865 at Marshall, Texas the Confederate governors of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and a representative of Texas met with Confederate…
  • On Friday, May 12, 1865 in Washington, D.C. the eight accused Lincoln assassination conspirators pleaded not guilty to both specifications and charges…
  • On Friday, May 12, 1865 in the last engagement of any significance during the Civil War Union troops from Brazos de Santiago, Texas under Colonel Theodore…
  • President Andrew Johnson had reason to declare that armed resistance to the American government was virtually at an end by May 10, 1865. On that same day…
  • On Wednesday, May 10, 1865 near Irwinville, Georgia, Union cavalry surprised the encampment of President Jefferson Davis, arresting Davis, his wife,…
  • On Wednesday, May 10, 1865 near Irwinville, Georgia, Union cavalry surprised the encampment of President Jefferson Davis, arresting Davis, his wife,…
  • On Saturday, May 6, 1865 the Union War Department issued orders, establishing the military commission to try the alleged Lincoln assassination…
  • By Saturday, May 6, 1865 the fleeing Jefferson Davis and his entourage, attempting to get south of their Union pursuers so they could then journey to the…