Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

was the party of Abraham Lincoln?" he queried. Lincoln he named along with Jefferson and Jackson and Wilson (Henry Wallace was to add the prophet Amos and the Boston Tea Party mob) as a father of ...

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the ... Lincoln trampling the constitution and armed with two swords; Jefferson Davis or Uncle Sam lies beaten in the background Excerpt from book ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical ... Confederate States of America, electing Jefferson Davis as its president. On April 12, 1861 ...

and his firm belief that not only did Jefferson Davis know about the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln but gave the order himself to his “pet”, John Wilkes Booth. But he also casts serious ...

Such was the mood music ahead of the Presidential election of 1864 in which the principal antagonists were Abraham Lincoln ... restore the Union but Jefferson Davis, the president of the ...

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the ... Lincoln trampling the constitution and armed with two swords; Jefferson Davis or Uncle Sam lies beaten in the background Excerpt from book ...