Alexander Stephens and the Corner Stone Speech
In the newest Spielberg movie, titled Lincoln, the Confederacy’s vice president makes a cameo appearance. Some of your students may not know much about Alexander Stephens. After I read a […]
Calhoun and the Declaration of Independence
As Christian Pascarella blogged in August of this year, Lincoln saw a concrete link between the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and the Union. That link, of course, was […]
Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address
The previous installation of this blog focused on Lincoln’s view of the nature of the Civil War. Looking at his 1862 letter to Horace Greeley, one may come to the […]
Lincoln on the Nature of the War
The release of Spielberg’s epic movie Lincoln brings up an intriguing question. Was Lincoln as adamantly dedicated to the emancipation of slaves as the movie suggests? After all, there are […]