Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 lilienth. Lincoln won the 1860 president ial election because he carried every free state except for a divided electoral vote in new jersey. So he compiled a clear majority in the Electoral College and as we all know, of course, it is electoral votes that count. He also amassed far more popular votes than any of the other three candidates. But his plurality victory gained only 40 of the nationwide popular vote. He got no electoral votes and hardly any popular votes in the south. He was not on the ball loballotn Southern States. As we have seen an articulate ideological minority of republicans did consider slavery a moral problem, but mainstream republican moderates always said slavery was beyond their reach. Lincolns victory shocked the south. Throughout the summer and fall political orators warned of catastrophe. A symbolic humiliation added to southern distress. The south contended for a supposed constitutional right the rig
U. S. Marine veteran alan clark on serving two tours in cory ko between 1950 and 1953. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Shes probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. Hated politics with a passion. This couch is one piece they took to the white house. They had eight rooms they had to furnish with their personal furniture. When she did arrive, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her great son. She calls him my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. A very pointed letter by a grieving mother. They were on a train from boston and there was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. Axel rod broke onkaqa the train he did not survive the crash. She concluded this was god gods that the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much for jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping. She wasnt cap
Good evening. Im harold, the chair of the lincoln forum. It is time now for our main event. I am proud to welcome back to the forum two of my favorite people, not only as friends, but as colleagues in the civil war field. Gary gallagher and joan waugh. Individually and as a team, they are superlative interpreters of the civil war era who combine military history and social and cultural history and bring to their scholarship and engagement with readers and audiences great knowledge, sophistication, and style. As your packets enumerate, they have individually and together and live into the literature over the years. Gary gallagher is a Professor Emeritus in the history of the American Civil War at the university of virginia and he is former director of the now civil war Sector Center there. You are all familiar with his major works, the confederate war, the union war, lee and his generals in war and memory. He is also, like many in this room, an aficionado, but more, an expert on civil w
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