American History…on the go.
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The American Civil War rages on, but Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant intend to end it…at any cost. “War is cruelty…there is no use in trying to reform it…the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over” – William Tecumseh Sherman
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When the armies meet at Gettysburg during the American Civil War…it’s carnage, and Abraham Lincoln has a few words to say about it too.
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The Emancipation Proclamation, it’s the first big step toward ending slavery, but it was also a crucial move to keep Europe out of the American Civil War. Freeing slaves would shift the focus of the conflict and set the stage for a larger showdown.
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During the Civil War, more than 22,000 soldiers fell in the fields of Maryland in the single bloodiest day in American History. It’s the Battle of Antietam.
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The Second Battle of Bull Run kicks off with a demoted Union general, and a chance for the North to redeem themselves…spoiler alert, they don’t.
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The Confiscation Act gets bigger and badder…and George McClellan is still….mehhh.
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Robert E. Lee has a breakfast of champions…Hard Tack…and then comes out swinging in the Seven Days Battles of the Civil War.
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In war, nobody wins…one side just loses more slowly. The bloodiest battle of not just the Civil War, but any American military engagement up to that point takes place in Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee. It’s the Battle of Shiloh.
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The Navies of the Civil War go heavy metal!
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Abraham Lincoln fills his cabinet with people that disagreed with him…because the Union is bigger than just one dude.