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Lincoln As He Is
From the Chicago Press and Tribune, May 23. Published in NY Times: May 26, 1860 Ten thousand inquiries will be made as to the looks, the habits, tastes, and other characteristics of Honest Old ABE. We...
View ArticleBloomington, Illinois – May 27, 1860
Addressed to Hon. Josiah H. Drummond, of Portland, Maine, shortly after the nomination of Mr. Lincoln at Chicago, this letter “describes the whole historical scene in graphic expressions worthy of...
View ArticleNew York Herald, October 8, 1860
Won’t Submit to Lincoln.—The Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Confederacy says:— The South will never permit Abraham Lincoln to be President of the United States. This is the determination of all parties at the...
View ArticleChicago Press and Tribune, October 9, 1860
The Execution of Walker. Havana, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1860. I yesterday sent to Charleston, via Cedar Key, the “news” of the execution of William Walter at Truxillo on the 12th inst., and suppose you...
View ArticleChicago Press and Tribune, October 10, 1860
Information Wanted. It is announced that Mr. Wm. L. YANCEY is to address the public on the political issues of the day, this evening, at the Cooper Institute. We do not know that the announcement is...
View ArticleCharleston Free Press (Virginia), October 11, 1860
A Trap for Douglas W. W. Lamb, a Breckinridge elector at Norfolk, who put the question to Senator Douglas as to the course to be pursued in case of resistance by the South to Lincoln’s election, and...
View ArticleNew York Herald, October 12, 1860
What Are The Southern States Going To Do? Recent events at the elections in some of the Central States, and all the eventualities and chances which they foreshadow with regard to the Presidential...
View ArticleCleveland Herald (Ohio), October 13, 1860
There’s No Secession in That. The New Orleans Picayune for the 8th says: If Lincoln is successful in the electoral college—which can scarcely be possible*—will he not be elected President by the voice...
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South Carolina is Arming.
Daily Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 22, 1860 We are glad to see the people of our State everywhere preparing for the crisis which is at hand. As an offset to the “Wide-Awakes” of the North,...
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Mason and Slidell Gone
From the Boston Journal, Jan. 1. We are informed that Messrs. MASON and SLIDELL were finally delivered up this forenoon, and left Fort Warren at about 11 o’clock. The arrangement for their return was...
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Slave crew of nine steals ship – runs out, with seven relatives, to the...
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls, the pilot of the side-wheel steamer, Planter, led his crew and relatives to freedom in an act that would be soon acclaimed across the Union. Smalls later became the...
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