Republican Party Platform of 1864 | The American Presidency Project
Republican Platform says that slavery was the cause of the Civil War
07: Civil War
Albert Cashier (U.S. National Park Service)
In just a few minutes of reading, this NPS essay tells the story of a Civil War soldier who was assigned female as a child when born in Ireland, but dressed as a boy and lived as a man in the United States, eventually serving in the Federal Army in the Civil War.
Lincoln's Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus: An Historical and Constitutional Analysis
Teachers need only look at this article for a matter of seconds to realize the offhand remark made in their classroom "But Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus" has so much more to it than those few words. Great example of how just a flippant comment to prove a point (like in a debate) is of very dubious value
Philip Reid and the Statue of Freedom | Architect of the Capitol
Philip Reid was a slave who helped cast and install the statue of freedom on the top of the capitol dome. His freedom was granted in 1862 and the statute was installed in 1863, a perfect conjunction of stories for the Civil War
LincolnConspirators.com | Discovering the Conspiracy
This shows the value of an amatuer enthusiast diving deep into one event, and making sure to keep ot standards of historical scholarship. Any student whose even casually interested in the Lincoln Assasination should see this site to see what one person can do with a strong interest in one event