TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Scott Johnson of Powerline blog has a post commemorating the birth of Abraham Lincoln today. He quotes Lincoln’s famous 1858 “house divided” speech, calling it “one of the most incendiary speeches in American history;” one that propelled the prairie lawyer to the White House. Maybe so (it was perceived differently at the time), but it […]

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Editor’s Note: This post has been crossposted here at TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog.  It originally appeared at Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online. When I first created Beyond the Crater: The Petersburg Campaign Online I fully envisioned something along the lines of Harry Smeltzer’s Bull Runnings site.  It is a nice blend […]

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